New Zealand Meat Products
New Zealand has a sophisticated meat industry that produces outstanding, pasture-fed and naturally raised meat. The products are tender, flavoursome, healthy and customised for clients around the world. New Zealand sets the highest standards for its food producers to ensure that the country remains a world leader in food safety, applying a robust regulatory regime from farm to fork. Because the New Zealand economy is largely reliant on agricultural exports, New Zealanders have a strong commitment to protecting the integrity of these products.The main farmed species are sheep (41 million), cattle (9.6 million), deer (1.5 million) and goats (0.15 million). New Zealand has the largest deer farming industry in the world. It has around half the global farmed deer population. There are an estimated 3,800 farms in New Zealand with deer.
Meat is an important component of the New Zealand economy and its second-largest food export, Beef and Lamb are the major products. Other meat exports include venison, veal, goat, poultry, offal and co-products such as variety meats and sausage casings. Animal-derived raw materials from New Zealand are also sought after by the pharmaceutical and natural medicine industries.
New Zealand Lamb – pure and simple
New Zealand Lamb sets the standards internationally for lamb quality, from healthy, natural production systems and food safety to taste, tenderness and consistency. It's what you'd expect from New Zealand, the world leader in lamb production and processing.
“I prefer New Zealand lamb because it has more real lamb flavour. I like it for its leanness too.”- Josie Le Balch, chef/owner Josie Restaurant, USA.
“New Zealand lamb is by far my favorite lamb…”
Peter Gordon, Co-owner of The Providores in London and expat New Zealander.
“I prefer New Zealand lamb because it has more real lamb flavour. I like it for its leanness too.”- Josie Le Balch, chef/owner Josie Restaurant, USA.
“New Zealand lamb is by far my favorite lamb…”
Peter Gordon, Co-owner of The Providores in London and expat New Zealander.
With its distinctive flavour, New Zealand lamb has been a staple part of the diet of many cultures for centuries and it is now gaining recognition as an alternative red meat in many non-traditional markets. New Zealand lamb is naturally raised on open green pastures, from breeds recognised for their eating qualities.
Lamb Products Available : full range of bone-in and boneless chilled and frozen lamb cuts, packaged to customer requirements.
Chilled products are available in traditional vacuum packs or in “gas flushed” packs, which offer extended shelf life to the customer
Chilled products are available in traditional vacuum packs or in “gas flushed” packs, which offer extended shelf life to the customer
New Zealand Beef – far and away the worlds finest
New Zealand beef has all the qualities beef lovers are looking for - it’s lean, tender, fine textured, full of flavour and naturally nutritious. The New Zealand climate allows for year-round grazing on rich pastures, producing what is arguably the finest naturally-produced beef in the world.
"New Zealand Beef tastes as good as it looks. It tastes like beef should taste, fine in texture,juicy and succulent... It delivers on the first mouthful." - Peter Thornley, Executive Chef Bracu (four times winner of Singapore Chef of the Year)
"New Zealand Beef tastes as good as it looks. It tastes like beef should taste, fine in texture,juicy and succulent... It delivers on the first mouthful." - Peter Thornley, Executive Chef Bracu (four times winner of Singapore Chef of the Year)
Year-round supplies of lean and tender beef are available to customers worldwide, and regular shipping to major markets provides delivery when it’s required.
We offer a full range of chilled and frozen beef cuts packed to customers requirements and specifications. General specifications include grade, weight range, trimming and packaging but more detailed specifications are possible.
Chilled beef has a minimum 12-week shelf life, provided optimum storage conditions are maintained.
We offer a full range of chilled and frozen beef cuts packed to customers requirements and specifications. General specifications include grade, weight range, trimming and packaging but more detailed specifications are possible.
Chilled beef has a minimum 12-week shelf life, provided optimum storage conditions are maintained.
Venison
The distinctive qualities of New Zealand farmed venison place it in high demand worldwide. Delicious and nutritious, venison is the ultimate healthy red meat choice: it has extremely low levels of fat and cholesterol, while still containing valuable vitamins and minerals, and high levels of omega 3. Together with tenderness, ease of preparation and a unique flavour, venison provides a healthy and versatile meat for today’s lifestyle.
New Zealand Venison represents tender, premium quality cuts produced to exacting specifications. The full range of cuts is available in both chilled and frozen formats, with various packaging options to suit customer requirements.
New Zealand Venison represents tender, premium quality cuts produced to exacting specifications. The full range of cuts is available in both chilled and frozen formats, with various packaging options to suit customer requirements.
Quality Control and Food Safety
The New Zealand meat industry is expert in food safety and meat quality. New Zealand has been exporting meat to distant markets since the 1880s. From the outset, it has had to develop systems to deliver product of the finest quality. Over the years, the meat industry has continued to build on its strengths, working to ensure that the meat it exports around the world is outstandingly safe as a food. Today, New Zealand's proven record for safety has earned it market share in over 100 different countries, in what has become a fiercely competitive world food business. New Zealand’s strict biosecurity controls, quality control processes and geographic isolation have resulted in an animal disease-free status, recognised by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is responsible for all food-related legislation. It facilitates exports of food and food by-products to more than 180 countries by providing government-to-government assurances that the animal, dairy or plant export products comply with their standards, and are based on sound science and risk-based approval.
Innovative Production and efficiency
- A number of processing companies employ highly sophisticated techniques, including investigating robotics, in cutting and packaging meat to the exacting standards for high value export markets.
- Celentis Non-Invasive Freezing Detector measures the degree of unfrozen water in a product using low powered microwaves. It can process up to 10 cartons a minute on a conveyor belt system and is extremely safe and accurate.
- New Zealand world-leading packaging technologies enable beef to be transported chilled, by sea or air, and arrive in perfect condition. Chilled New Zealand beef continues to tenderise while being shipped. This is due to enzymes naturally present in the meat.• Product innovations in sheepmeat include rapid-cook cuts, cook from frozen product, marinated products and sheepmeat in a variety of ready meals.
Specialist processing – Halal meat products
New Zealand is also the world’s largest exporter of Halal-slaughtered sheep meat.
- New Zealand meat processors, the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ), and New Zealand Islamic Meat Management (NZIMM) have worked co-operatively to develop the market.
- FIANZ and NZIMM have also taken a leading role in developing New Zealand’s Halal technical capabilities, processes and certification system.
- The systems are monitored by two independent Halal certifiers.