Ostrich meat

Struthio camelusAlso called Struthio camelus, ostrich, African ostrich and common ostrich

Ostrich meat comes from ostriches. Cooks treat it as poultry.

Poultry
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

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

Category: Meat & poultry
Family: Struthionidae
Energy: 117 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Angelbmartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Nutrition

What 100 g of ostrich meat holds

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

Protein 89%Fat 11%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of ostrich meat, raw
Energy	117 kcal · 490 kJ
Protein	22 g
Fat	2.7 g
of which saturated	0.95 g
Carbohydrate	0 g
of which sugars	0 g
Fibre	0 g
Sodium	75 mg
Cholesterol	73 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of ostrich meat, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	308 mg
Calcium	6 mg
Iron	4.4 mg
Magnesium	22 mg
Zinc	3.7 mg
Folate	8 µg
Vitamin B12	5 µg

Cooked

Protein 88%Fat 12%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of ostrich meat, cooked
Energy	159 kcal · 665 kJ
Protein	29 g
Fat	4 g
of which saturated	1.7 g
Carbohydrate	0 g
of which sugars	0 g
Fibre	0 g
Sodium	81 mg
Cholesterol	90 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of ostrich meat, cooked: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	409 mg
Calcium	6 mg
Iron	4.9 mg
Magnesium	29 mg
Zinc	4.9 mg
Folate	16 µg
Vitamin B12	6.3 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 174483, 172843), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where ostrich meat is cooked

Origins

Native to: Africa

Good to know

Diet and allergens: ostrich meat 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: poultryChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Around the world

What ostrich meat is called

Names in 158 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Struthio camelus · avestruz · Avestruz común
French
autruche d'Afrique · Struthio camelus · Autruche d'Afrique · Autruche d’Afrique
Italian
Struthio camelus · struzzo · struzzi
Portuguese
avestruz · avestruz-comum
German
Afrikanischer Strauß · Strauß · gemeiner Strauß · gewöhnlicher Strauß
Dutch
struisvogel
Greek
Στρουθοκάμηλος
Turkish
Deve kuşu
Russian
страус · африканский страус · Struthio camelus
Polish
struś czerwonoskóry · Struthio camelus
Arabic
نعامة شائعة · النعامة · النعام · نعامه
Persian
شترمرغ

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Afrikaans
Volstruis
Albanian
Struthio camelus
Amharic
ሰጎን
Aragonese
Struthio camelus
Armenian
ջայլամ
Asturian
Avestruz · avestruz
Avaric
ВаранихӀинчӀ
azb
دوه‌قوشو
Azerbaijani
Dəvəquşu
Balinese
Struthio camelus
Bangla
উটপাখি
Bashkir
Африка дөйәғошо
Basque
ostruka arrunt · ostruka arrunta
Belarusian
страус
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
страўс
Bosnian
Noj
Breton
Struskañval
Bulgarian
щраус · Struthio camelus
Burmese
ငှက်ကုလားအုတ်
Cantonese
鴕鳥
Catalan
estruç comú · Struthio camelus
cdo
Dò̤-nēu
Cebuano
Struthio camelus
Central Kurdish
وشترمر
Cherokee
ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ
Chinese
鸵鸟 · 非洲鸵鸟 · 普通鸵鸟 · 驼鸟（古称）
Chuvash
Африка страусĕ
Cornish
Strus
Croatian
Noj
Czech
pštros dvouprstý
dag
Taataa
Danish
struds
Dinka
Wut
Egyptian Arabic
نعامه شائعه
eml
Strus
Esperanto
Struto
Estonian
jaanalind · Struthio camelus
Ewe
Tsatsaboli
Faroese
Strutsur
Fijian
Ositereji
Filipino
Abestrus
Finnish
strutsi · Struthio camelus
Galician
Avestruz
Gan Chinese
鴕鳥
Georgian
აფრიკული სირაქლემა
Hakka Chinese
Thò-niâu
Hausa
Jimina
Hebrew
יען מצוי · בת יענה
Hindi
शुतुरमुर्ग
Hungarian
strucc · Struthio camelus
Icelandic
Strútur
Ido
Strucho
Iloko
kadawyan nga abestrus · Struthio camelus
Inari Sami
strutsi · Struthio camelus
Indonesian
Burung unta
Interlingua
Struthio camelus
Irish
Struthio camelus · ostrais · ostrais Thuaidh-Afracach
Japanese
ダチョウ
Javanese
Manuk unta
Kabardian
Махъшэбзу
Kannada
ಉಷ್ಟ್ರ · ಆಸ್ಟ್ರಿಚ್
Kanuri
Kerǝwu
Kazakh
Түйеқұс
kbp
Taataa
Kinyarwanda
Inyoni ya Autruche
Korean
타조
Kurdish
Hêştirme
Kyrgyz
Африка төөкуштары
Latin
Struthio · Struthio camelus
Latvian
Strauss
lbe
Варани чӀелму
Limburgish
Struusvogel
Lingua Franca Nova
Strutioniformo
Literary Chinese
駝鳥
Lithuanian
Afrikinis strutis
Lojban
strutione
Lule Sami
struhttsa · Struthio camelus · struttsa
Macedonian
ној · обичен ној · Struthio camelus
Malagasy
Aotirisy
Malay
Burung Unta
Malayalam
ഒട്ടകപ്പക്ഷി
Manx
Ostrish
Māori
Otereti
Marathi
शहामृग
Mari
Struthio camelus
Min Nan Chinese
Tô-chiáu
Mongolian
Тэмээн хяруул
Navajo
Tsídiitsoh
Nepali
अस्ट्रिच
Northern Sami
struhcca · Struthio camelus
Northern Sotho
Mpšhe
Norwegian Bokmål
slettestruts · Struthio camelus · vanlig struts · struts
Norwegian Nynorsk
struts
Occitan
Estruci
Old English
Strȳta
Oromo
Guchii
Pashto
اوښمرغه
Picard
Oetriche
Punjabi
ਸ਼ੁਤਰਮੁਰਗ
Quechua
Awistrus
rmf
Struthio camelus
Romanian
Struthio camelus · Struț
Scots
ostrich
Scottish Gaelic
Struth
Serbian
ној
Serbian (Cyrillic)
Ној
Serbian (Latin)
Noj
Shan
ၼူၵ်ႉငိူၼ်း · ၼူၵ်ႉၵလႃးဢူၵ်ႈ
Shona
Mhou
Sicilian
Struzzu
Simplified Chinese
鸵鸟
Simplified Chinese (China)
鸵鸟
Sindhi
اٺ پکي
Sinhala
පැස්බරා
sjd
Struthio camelus
sje
Struthio camelus
sju
Struthio camelus
Skolt Sami
strucc · Struthio camelus
Slovak
Pštros dvojprstý
Slovenian
noj · Strutho camelus · sudanski noj · afriški noj
Somali
Goronyo
Southern Sami
Struthio camelus
Sundanese
Manuk onta
Swahili
Mbuni
Swedish
struts · Struthio camelus
Tajik
Шутурмурғ
Tamil
தீக்கோழி
Tatar
тәвә кошы
Telugu
నిప్పుకోడి
Thai
นกกระจอกเทศ
Tibetan
བྱ་རྔ་མོང་
Tornedalen Finnish
Struthio camelus
Traditional Chinese
鴕鳥 · 非洲鴕鳥 · 普通鴕鳥 · 駝鳥（古稱）
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
鴕鳥
Tumbuka
Ntibatiba
Udmurt
Страус
Ukrainian
Страус
Urdu
شترمرغ
Uyghur
تۆگىقۇش
Vietnamese
Đà điểu châu Phi
Võro
Jaanatsirk
Walloon
Otruche d' Afrike
Waray
Struthio
Welsh
Estrys
West Flemish
Struusveugel
Western Frisian
Strúsfûgel
Western Mari
Африка страус
Western Panjabi
شترمرغ
Wu Chinese
鸵鸟
Yiddish
שטרויס
Yoruba
Ògòngò
Zeelandic
Struusveugel

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q17592

Photos

Photo: Angelbmartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons