Woody breast

Woody breast is an abnormal muscle condition that impacts the texture and usability of chicken breast meat. The specific cause is not known but may be related to factors associated with rapid growth rates.^[1] Although distasteful to many, meat that exhibits woody breast is not known to be harmful to humans who consume it. When detected by suppliers, product shown to have the condition present may be discounted or processed as ground chicken. Woody breast has become so prevalent in the broiler industry that the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association has helped fund four research projects with over $250,000 in an effort to understand and address the condition.^[2]

References[]

^ Chatterjee, D.; Zhuang, Hong; Bowker, Brian C.; Rincon, A. M.; Sanchez-Brambila, G.; U.S. National Poultry Research Center; University of Georgia Department of Poultry Science (1 October 2016). "Instrumental texture characteristics of broiler pectoralis major with the wooden breast condition". Poultry Science. 95 (10): 2449–2454. doi:10.3382/ps/pew204. PMID 27418659. Lay summary – Atlas Of Science (11 April 2017). {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite uses deprecated parameter |lay-source= (help)
^ Picchi, Aimee (30 March 2016). ""Woody breast" could bite the chicken business". MoneyWatch. CBS News. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

General references[]

"What is "woody breast"? Is woody breast caused by bigger, faster-growing chickens?". 13 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
Greene, Elizabeth; Cauble, Reagan; Dhamad, Ahmed E.; Kidd, Michael T.; Kong, Byungwhi; Howard, Sara M.; Castro, Hector F.; Campagna, Shawn R.; Bedford, Mike; Dridi, Sami (4 August 2020). Tufarelli, Vincenzo (ed.). "Muscle Metabolome Profiles in Woody Breast-(un)Affected Broilers: Effects of Quantum Blue Phytase-Enriched Diet". Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7: 458. doi:10.3389/fvets.2020.00458. PMC 7417653. PMID 32851035.
Johnson, Ryan (15 June 2018). "Why does woody breast still have the industry stumped?". Poultry Digital (January 2018 ed.). Global Ag Media.
Gee, Kelsey (29 March 2016). "Bigger Chickens Bring a Tough New Problem: 'Woody Breast'". Wall Street Journal.
Wold, Jens Petter; Måge, Ingrid; Løvland, Atle; Wahlstrøm, Karen; RagniOfstad, Sanden (2019). "Near-infrared spectroscopy detects woody breast syndrome in chicken fillets by the markers protein content and degree of water binding". Poultry Science. 98 (1): 480–490. doi:10.3382/ps/pey351. PMID 30165657.
"Poultry Science Association 107th Annual Meeting Abstracts" (PDF). Poultry Science Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2020.

This meat-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

This food ingredient–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[AtlasOfScience2017-1] Chatterjee, D.; Zhuang, Hong; Bowker, Brian C.; Rincon, A. M.; Sanchez-Brambila, G.; U.S. National Poultry Research Center; University of Georgia Department of Poultry Science (1 October 2016). "Instrumental texture characteristics of broiler pectoralis major with the wooden breast condition". Poultry Science. 95 (10): 2449–2454. doi:10.3382/ps/pew204. PMID 27418659. Lay summary – Atlas Of Science (11 April 2017). {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite uses deprecated parameter |lay-source= (help)

[CBSNews2016-2] Picchi, Aimee (30 March 2016). ""Woody breast" could bite the chicken business". MoneyWatch. CBS News. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

[1]

[2]