Why Duck is the Healthy Choice
POSTED: 08/11/2023
You may have heard that duck is a tasty alternative to other meats and poultry, but did you know it also has many health benefits on top of already being a delicious ingredient and stand-alone dish.
There are many different parts of the duck, prepared in various ways, that all provide essential nutrients with every bite! From different ways of preparing duck to the All Natural Duck Fat, there are so many reasons that duck is the healthy choice!
Duck Bacon
Traditional pork bacon is 57% higher in fat when compared to duck bacon. With duck bacon, the monounsaturated fats are much better for your health, especially your heart, over traditional bacon.
Duck Fat
Olive oil has many of the same nutrients as duck fat. In fact, duck fat is the animal fat closest to olive oil in terms of nutrients. Duck fat is made up of mainly monounsaturated healthy fats that help lower LDL cholesterol.
Duck Breast
Our Maple Leaf Farms Duck Breast is significantly lower in calories than many other proteins. The skinless duck breast has less calories, on average, than both chicken and turkey breast. Not only is it lower in calories than other poultry but seeing that it bridges the divide between poultry and red meat, it is lower in calories than beef and pork as well.
General Health Benefits
- Duck contains more iron per serving than many other meats, like turkey, chicken, Cornish game hen and many different cuts of beef.
- Duck is home to many essential nutrients such as vitamin E, niacin and selenium.
If you are looking to add new and healthy ingredients to your diet, duck is the perfect protein to choose!
