Biltong Often, 200 g of beef are required to make 100 g of biltong, and the process of making biltong preserves most of the protein content. Some biltong can have up to 67% protein content. Biltong's popularity has spread to many other countries, notably Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United States which have large South African populations, and also to India. Biltong is also produced within South African expatriate communities across the globe, for example in Germany, Ireland and even South Korea. Biltong produced in South Africa may not be imported into Britain, according to rules
Meat of infection with and decomposition by bacteria and fungi. Meat is important in economy and culture, even though its mass production and consumption has been determined to pose risks for human health and the environment. Many religions have rules about which meat may or may not be eaten, and vegetarian people abstain from eating meat because of concerns about the ethics of eating meat or about the effects of meat production or consumption. The word "meat" comes from the Old English word "mete", which referred to food in general. The term is related to "mad" in Danish, "mat" in Swedish