Calories and nutritional value in generic 100g alpaca meat (burger).More »

Alpaca meat is one of healthiest meats available to us. One of the first things we noticed when we tried making hamburgers with our meat years ago, was just how much more filling they were when compared to a hamburger made from ground beef. If you love the taste of red meat, but have been told to watch your cholesterol or are on a high protein/low fat diet, look no further! Don’t take our word for it though. We sent samples of both our ground alpaca meat and our alpaca strip loin to a food testing laboratory and the results which you can see below are truly remarkable. Did we mention that it’s delicious too?!More »

Tenderness and mineral levels were determined in the Longissimus thoracis taken from 20 llama and 30 alpaca males reared in Peru and slaughtered at 25 months of age. Mineral contents were determined using an inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometer. Tenderness evaluation was determined two and seven days post slaughter using a Warner-Bratzler shear force device. Potassium is the mineral with the highest content, with a significant difference (P < 0.05) between the two species of camelids. The other mineral contents were, in decreasing order, phosphorus, sodium, magnesium and calcium, in addition to smaller percentages of zinc and iron. Shear force values determined seven days post slaughter were significantly (P < 0.01) lower in both the species compared with the results obtained two days post slaughter.More »

Meat quality parameters for 50 huacaya alpacas, representing three age groups (18, 24 and 36months) and two genders (females and castrated males) were studied. Prior to chilling, samples of m. longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LL) were taken to determine isocitrate dehydrogenase activity and glycogen concentration, and further meat quality samples were taken after 24h. Alpaca meat has low levels (More »