Why is white chicken meat more expensive than dark chicken meat?

A chicken drunstick can be dark or white meat.

Chicken is classed as white meat.

Chicken rib meat is white meat.

Chicken legs (drumsticks, thighs) and backs are dark meat. Chicken breasts and wings are white meat.

They are a white meat

Both. There is white meat on the breast sections and dark meat on the drum sticks.

You can use either white or dark meat when preparing chicken soup. The dark meat has a little more flavor than the white meat.

In most chickens it is white meat.

Chicken thighs are considered dark meat.

Chicken thighs are considered 'dark meat' as it the meat appears darker and of a different texture to the breast, which is considered 'light meat'.

The white meat on a chicken is the breast and the tenderloin. Legs and wings are considered 'dark' meat.

White meat cooks faster than dark meat when you are making chicken. Dark meat has more fat and this is why it takes longer to cook.

The difference between white and dark meat in a chicken or turkey is that the dark meat muscles move more rapidly (running) and the white meat muscles move more slowly. The dark meat has more myoglobin so the muscles can allow the chicken or turkey to run further and longer. The white meat has less because they only need a small amount of myoglobin for short bursts of energy.

Can't. It's dark.

eggs,white meat,and dark meat... chicken meat that is.

white meat has less fat in it because it comes from an animal that doesnt eat much meat.

Along with the thigh, legs are definitely considered dark meat.

Leg meat of a chicken is dark, not red. Red meat comes from cows.

The chickens hindquarters are usually the dark part and the chicken. The chickens wings, drumstick + the breat are the white meat.

No. Thighs & drumsticks are considered "dark" meat

I know drumsticks are dark meat, but I'm not sure what else... I also now the breast and wings are white meat (so not dark).

The breast and wings are white meat, while the thighs and legs are dark. Think of it as waist up is white, and waist down is dark.

It's dark meat. Dark meat is dark because it contains iron. It is a slow-twitch muscle that is aerobic (uses oxygen). White meat is a fast twitch-muscle. It uses ATP for energy.

The 'dark meat' (e.g. leg) of chicken is a different type of muscle to the 'white meat' (e.g. breast) and contains a higher proportion of myoglobin which turns dark when cooked.

When I was working at a local fried chicken restaurant chain as a cook, we considered the breast and wing as white meat. The thigh and leg or drumstick being the dark meat.

Yes. But unless advertised as "all white meat" chicken, nuggets may contain processed dark meat, wholly or partly. The white meat comes mainly from ribs, wings, and what is trimmed from the breasts in processing chicken.

Dark Meat Drummettes are made from the wing. Therefore they are white meat. The easiest way for commercial chickens. Is if it flies (muscles not used in chickens) it's white. If it's used for walking its dark. Hence in something like a wild pheasant the breast is dark meat

All but the breast of the chicken is dark meat. It may or may not be cheaper to buy only the breast, depending on individual store prices and quality of the meat, but it would save having to throw the dark meat out. If you only want white meat, you probably should purchase breasts.

That depends on which part of the chicken (white or dark meat), and how it is prepared. If it is a thigh or leg (which is dark meat), then it will be higher in fat than the breast, (which is white meat). Also, if it is fried, then it will be higher in fat than if it is baked or broiled. Skinless chicken breasts have the least amount of fat than any other cut of…

Cooked: Dark meat w/o skin, 15010kcal Dark meat with skin, 15010kcal White meat w/o skin, 15010kcal White meat with skin, 15010kcal

i believe that the white part is the best part to eat of the chicken, usually found in the chickens breast, although it is good sometimes to eat the dark meat, found in the chickens hindquarters. Both of these meats are perfected fine to eat!

Oxygen rich, slow muscles are iron-laden red-pigmented myoglobin supplied and therefore dark meat. Legs and thighs are dark meat on a chicken because it uses its legs 95 percent of the time. Fast-contraction muscle fibres' like the breast don't require as much oxygen, therefore lack myoglobin. These use glycogen (a carbohydrate) for fuel. In the absence of myoglobin, the muscles are "white". Chicken breast is white meat. Everything else is dark meat.

Answer Average iron content in 100 grams (about 3.5 oz.) white/dark cooked chicken. Chicken breast: 1.04 mg Chicken, dark meat: 1.33 mg

A chicken breast and wing are considered white meat and therefore contains less fat. A chicken leg and thigh is considered dark meat and therefore has more fat. This is true also of turkey. Duck however is all dark meat and extremely greasy (but delicious). Cheyzer

The term, "drumette" can mean one of two things. The first kind of drumette is a small piece of chicken containing a bone - this actually is the larger section of a chicken wing, with the outer tip section removed. This is considered to be white meat. The second kind of drumette is a shaped piece of formed chicken meat that has been removed from the bone. A processor uses molds to shape the chicken…

Breast and wing are considered light or white meat. Thigh and leg are considered dark.

Chicken meat is white Chicken meat can also be red meat depending on what quality it is.

The keel is a bone in the middle of the chicken breast. It should not be served as a meal, but is acceptable for use in the making of stock. ***** There is white meat on the keel.

the muscle in the chicken that moves more is dark meat

A chicken has both white and dark meat. White meat is found on the breast and is the tenderest part of the bird while dark meat is found on the legs which is slighty tougher. A chicken's legs are in constant use and are made up of red muscle fibre. Red muscle fibre, which looks dark when cooked, has a high myoglobin content. Myoglobin allows the fibre to use oxygen more efficiently and keep up…

You can use the dark or white meat from any cut of chicken or from a whole chicken to make chicken noodle soup.

A chicken nugget is a small piece of boneless processed chicken, fried in batter. The meat may be pressed and formed from various parts of the chicken, but will normally be rib and wing meat, which like breast meat is white. Some nuggets contain added dark meat.

It has to do with how the body part is used. I believe chicken dark meat is associated with body parts requiring a lot of muscle (e.g., wing, leg).

No. Chicken is white meat.

all fowl have white and dark meat usually the white meat is in the breast and the dark meat is in the legs

There are 64 calories in two ounces of roasted dark meat chicken.

Dark meat is juicier then white. Dark poultry meat contains more fat than white poultry meat. Fat carries more flavor. So, yes, dark meat has more flavor than white meat.

Duck is quite tasty, actually. Some people are not fond of it because unlike chicken or turkey or other poultry, there is no "white" meat. All duck meat is the consistency of dark meat chicken, and is quite greasy.

Dark poultry meat has more fat than white poultry meat, so dark meat has more calories.

jesabeak, marronal, frantica Answer Quail, Pheasant, Grouse, Partridge, Prairie Chicken, etc. Rule of thumb: if it migrates it has dark meat. Upland game birds have white meat.