How many grams of protein in a pound of beef?

Answer 1

There is no one answer or one specific number which can be applied to such a statistical question, even if we convert the variable pounds into kilograms. You will see numbers ranging from 27 L of water per kilogram of beef to 200,000 L of water per kg of beef. The question is, who is right? The answer is, surprisingly, everyone and no one. A paper on water use by livestock by Doreau et. al. (2012) provides an critical analysis to the numbers presented by various papers on the "right" number use for beef production as far as global water footprint is concerned. What is most obviously pointed out by this paper is how vast regional differences on water use for the production of beef cattle is different, and how it is wrongfully applied on a global scale to, all too effectively, provide fear-mongering statistics to dissaude someone from consuming beef due to environmental concerns.

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Answer 2

That all depends on what kind of meat you are referring to: beef, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb, mutton, chevon, venison, bison or ostrich? Take your pick and try to ask the question again with much less generic detail.

Answer 3

Though it can vary by the type of cattle and the cut of the meat; the average grams of protein in beef are: 7 grams of protein per ounce or:

112 grams per pound (average)