Hog calls out chicken
The pork industry says hogs have been on a “diet” for more than a decade, and new government research shows that Americans are getting much leaner pork products that rival skinless chicken breasts, The Associated Press reports.
The National Pork Board announced Monday that feeding and breeding techniques over the past 15 years have produced six common cuts of pork that are 16 percent leaner than in the 1990s.
But which cuisine is more lean and mean? RedEye takes a look.
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Pork / Chicken
MAKING THE CUT
Pork
A 3-ounce tenderloin has 120 calories and 2.98 grams of fat.
Chicken
A skinless breast contains 140 calories and 3.03 grams of fat.
BEST. QUOTES. EVER.
Pork
“[Farmers] have an incentive to raise a lean, muscular hog.”
–Pork Board
Chicken
“We are proud to be the protein that the others have to work so hard to try to match.”
–Chicken Council
CARTOON ICONS
Pork
Miss Piggy
Chicken
Chicken Little
TV DUEL
Pork
Pork Loin declares his love for Miss Apricot. She’s a peach.
Chicken
Lord Chicken Breast forbids this!
