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> feed them corn and soy which is totally not their natural diet Yesterday I saw a documentary (Zembla) about the veal industry in The Netherlands (largest in
by rapnie 7y ago
> feed them corn and soy which is totally not their natural diet
Yesterday I saw a documentary (Zembla) about the veal industry in The Netherlands (largest in EU, which exists mostly for export, also to US and China).
Terrible conditions for the calves, but what most surprised me is that the farmers only feed them with milk! This way their meat will have the light color associated with 'fresh, young' veal.
From the 1,500 veal producers, only a single one is biological, giving the calves proper food. Result is their meat is red in color.
- tapland 7y agoLive in another EU country and have never thought of veal as paler. I have to go check the super market.
- divbyzer0 7y agoRed, Pink and white veal. The colour of the meat is proportional to the amount of milk in their diet. The most sought after and expensive is white veal which has been exclusively fed on mothers milk.
- randomdata 7y agoVeal simply refers to meat that comes from a cattle beast that is younger than the older cattle that beef comes from. There is no specific way to feed veal, but if the veal was fed a milk diet, then that is when the colour is lighter than when it is fed a more traditional diet.