Table 2. Summarizes the cholesterol and fatty acid profile of ostrich meat in compression to the chicken and beef

	Ostrich	Chicken	Beef
Cholesterol (mg/100 g)	53–54	58–74	67
Calories (kcal/100 g)	92	113-127	123
Energy (kJ/100 g)	390	508	517
14:0	0.75	0.73	2.98
16:0	21.73	23.42	27.9
18:0	14.08	10.36	14.0
Total SFA	39.73	33.28	44.88
16:1	3.51	4.27	3.45
18:1	21.15	37.52	36.03
Total MUFA	27.27	42.39	39.48
18:2n6	18.06	12.78	3.07
18:3n3	5.76	0.84	0.29
20:4n6	6.15	2.55	0.63
20:5n3	0.51	0.54	0.21
n3 PUFA	8.19	2.3	0.58
Total PUFA	32.99	19.1	4.77
n6/n3	3.02	7.67	8.86

SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.