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Bison

Poaceae, CarexAlso called buffalo

Bison meat comes from the animal’s muscle. Cooks use it as meat.

  • Meat
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Muscle
Family
Bovidae

Nutrition

What 100 g of bison holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 54%Fat 46%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of bison, raw
Energy223 kcal · 935 kJ
Protein19 g
Fat16 g
of which saturated6.8 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium66 mg
Cholesterol70 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of bison, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium307 mg
Calcium11 mg
Iron2.6 mg
Magnesium19 mg
Zinc4.3 mg
Folate11 µg
Vitamin B121.8 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 174421), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where bison is cooked

Origins

Native to
United States, Mexico

Good to know

Diet and allergens: bison in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: meatChecked and not found: egg, fish, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What bison is called

Names in 102 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Bison · bisonte

  • French

    bison

  • Italian

    Bison · bisonte

  • Portuguese

    bisonte

  • German

    Bisons · Bison · Bisonochse

  • Dutch

    bison · bizon

  • Greek

    Βίσονας

  • Turkish

    Bizon

  • Russian

    бизоны · Bison

  • Polish

    bizon · Bison

  • Arabic

    بيسون

  • Persian

    بیزون

Show all 102 languages

  • Albanian

    Bison

  • Aragonese

    Bison

  • Armenian

    Բիզոն

  • Asturian

    Bison

  • Atikamekw

    picikiw

  • azb

    بیزون

  • Azerbaijani

    Bizon

  • Bangla

    বাইসন

  • Basque

    bisonte

  • Belarusian

    Бізоны · Bison

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    бізон · бізоны

  • Bikol

    Bison

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Bisonte

  • Breton

    Bizon

  • Bulgarian

    бизони · Bison

  • Cantonese

    美洲野牛屬

  • Catalan

    bisó

  • Cebuano

    Bison

  • Chinese

    美洲野牛属

  • Chuvash

    Бизонсем

  • Cornish

    Bual

  • Croatian

    Bizon

  • Czech

    bizon

  • Danish

    bison

  • Egyptian Arabic

    بيسون

  • Esperanto

    Bizono

  • Estonian

    Piison

  • Extremaduran

    Bison

  • Faroese

    Bisonneyt

  • Filipino

    Bison

  • Finnish

    biisonit

  • Galician

    Bisonte

  • Hebrew

    ביזון

  • Hindi

    बायसन

  • Hungarian

    bölény · Bison

  • Icelandic

    Vísundur

  • Ido

    Bizono

  • Indonesian

    bison

  • Interlingua

    Bison

  • Interlingue

    Bison

  • Irish

    buabhall Eorpach

  • Japanese

    バイソン属

  • Javanese

    Bison

  • Kannada

    ಕಾಡು ಕೋಣ

  • Korean

    들소

  • Kotava

    gartoleem · Bison oxi

  • Kyrgyz

    Зубрлар

  • Lao

    ງົວປ່າອາເມລິກາ

  • Latin

    Bison

  • Latvian

    Bizoni · bizonu ģints · Bison

  • Lithuanian

    Stumbrai ir bizonai

  • Macedonian

    бизон

  • Malay

    Bison

  • Marathi

    बायसन

  • Mari

    Бизон

  • Mazanderani

    بیسون

  • Northern Frisian

    Biisons

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    Bison

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    Bison

  • Occitan

    Bisont

  • Old English

    Ƿesend

  • Ossetic

    Бизонтæ

  • Pashto

    بيژکۍ

  • Quechua

    Bisunti

  • Romanian

    Bizon

  • Scots

    bison · buffalo

  • Serbian

    бизон

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Bizon

  • Simplified Chinese

    美洲野牛属

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    美洲野牛属

  • Sindhi

    جھنگلي مينھن · بائسن

  • Slovak

    Zubor

  • Slovenian

    bizon

  • Sundanese

    Bison

  • Swahili

    Baisani

  • Swedish

    Bison

  • Tamil

    காட்டெருது

  • Tatar

    бизон

  • Thai

    ไบซัน

  • Traditional Chinese

    美洲野牛属

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    美洲野牛屬

  • Tyap

    Zat

  • Ukrainian

    Бізон

  • Urdu

    بائسن

  • Uzbek

    Bizon

  • Venetian

    bizonte · bizon

  • Vietnamese

    Bò rừng bizon

  • Volapük

    Bison

  • Waray

    Bison

  • Welsh

    beison

  • West Flemish

    Bison

  • Western Frisian

    Bizons

  • Western Panjabi

    بائسن

  • Wu Chinese

    美洲野牛属

  • Yakut

    Бизон

  • Yoruba

    Bison

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q18099