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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Nutr Diet. 2013 Feb 7;26(2):156–168. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12035

Table 3.

Top ten sources of red meat and relative contributions (%) to total red meat consumption by ethnicity and gender

African Americans Native Hawaiians Japanese Americans Latino-Mexico Latino-US Caucasians

Food items % Foods items % Foods items % Foods items % Foods items % Foods items %
Men Beef steak/roast
(lean only)
9.8 Stew/Curry (with
beef/lamb)
11.5 Stew/Curry (with
beef/lamb)
13.1 Beef steak/roast
(lean only)
10.4 Beef steak/roast (lean
only)
11.9 Beef steak/roast (lean
only)
12.2
Meatloaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
6.5 Stir-Fried Beef/
pork*
9.2 Stir-fried beef/
pork*
11.3 Chili 9.5 Chili 11.1 Stew/Curry-with
beef/lamb
7.4
Spareribs 5.6 Beef steak/ roast
(regular)
6.3 Beef steak/roast
(lean only)
7.8 Stew/Curry (with
beef/Lamb)
8.9 Meat burritos 7.0 Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
6.6
Pork chops/Roast
(lean only)
5.4 Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
6.1 Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
6.1 Stir-fried beef/
Pork*
8.8 Tacos/Tostadas
(beef/pork)
5.3 Stir-fried beef/ pork* 6.3
Stew/Curry (with
beef/lamb)
5.4 Beef steak/roast -
lean only
5.4 Beef steak/roast
(Regular)
4.6 Dried bean or pea
soup
6.1 Pork chops/roast-lean
only
5.1 Beef steak/roast
(regular)
5.7
Stir-fried beef/
pork*
4.4 Pork chops/ roasts
(regular)
4.5 Hamburgers 4.1 Meat burritos 5.7 Stir-fried beef/pork/
vegetables
5.0 Hamburgers 5.1
Beef steak/roast
(regular)
4.4 Spareribs 4.1 Spareribs 4.1 Tacos/Tosdadas
(beef/pork)
5.1 Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
5.0 Chili 5.0
Hamburgers 4.1 Pork and greens or
laulaus
3.8 Pork chops/ roasts -
lean only
4.0 Beef steak/roast
(regular)
4.8 Beef steak/roast
(regular)
4.8 Pork Chops/roast (lean
only)
4.9
Chili 3.9 Pork chops/Roast -
lean only
3.7 Chili 3.7 Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
3.6 Stew/Curry(with
beef/Lamb)
4.3 Cheeseburgers 3.2
Pork and Greens
or Laulaus
3.3 Chili 3.6 Corned beef - lean
only
3.3 Pork chops/roast-
(lean only)
3.4 Hamburgers 3.6 Spareribs 3.0

Total (%) 52.8 58.2 62.1 66.3 63.1 59.4

Women Beef steak/roast
(lean only)
9.3 Stew/Curry (with
beef/lamb)
10.5 Stir-fried beef/
pork*
14.5 Beef Steak/roast
(lean only)
11.3 Beef steak/roast (lean
only)
12.0 Beef steak/roast (lean
only)
14.3
Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
7.6 Stir-fried beef/
pork*
10.4 Stew/Curry (with
beef/lamb)
12.1 Chili 9.2 Chili 12.0 Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
8.0
Spareribs 5.5 Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
7.2 Beef steak/roast
(lean only)
9.0 Stir-fried beef/ pork
*
8.3 Meat burritos 6.2 Stir-fried beef/ pork* 7.1
Pork chops/
Roast (lean only)
5.4 Beef steak/roast
(lean only)
6.0 Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
7.1 Stew/Curry (with
beef/lamb)
7.8 Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
6.2 Stew/Curry (with
beef/lamb)
6.5
Stir-fried Beef/
pork*
5.1 Beef steak/roast
(regular)
4.4 Pork chops/ roasts
(lean only)
4.6 Dried bean or pea
soup
7.3 Tacos/Tostadas
(beef/pork)
6.1 Pork chops/roast (lean
only)
6.1
Stew/Curry (with
beef/lamb)
4.7 Pork chops/ roasts
(lean only)
4.4 Spareribs 3.8 Tacos/Tosdadas
(beef/pork)
5.4 Stir-fried Beef/
pork*
5.6 Chili 4.7
Pork and greens
or laulaus
4.5 Pork and greens or
laulaus
3.9 Corned beef (lean
only)
3.5 Meat loaf/Meat-
balls/Patties
5.1 Pork chops/roasts (lean
only)
5.5 Hamburgers 3.8
Tacos/Tosdadas
(beef/pork)
4.2 Spareribs 3.9 Chow mein/Chow
fun/Yakisoba
3.2 Tomato or
vegetable soup
4.3 Stew/Curry(with
beef/lamb)
4.0 Taco/Tostadas
(beef/pork)
3.8
Chili 3.7 Chili 3.5 Chili 3.2 Meat burritos 4.1 Beef steak/roast
(regular)
3.6 Beef steak/ roast
(regular)
3.8
Beef steak/roast
(regular)
3.4 Hamburgers 3.4 Hamburgers 2.7 Beef steak/roast
(regular)
4.0 Mexican meat soup or
stew
3.3 Spaghetti/Ravioli/
Lasagna
3.8

Total (%) 53.4 57.6 63.7 66.8 64.5 61.9
*

including vegetables