DALLAS, June 19 TX-Winn-Meat-Company
DALLAS, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The southwest's premier purveyor of fine
proteins has added TenderBison(TM) to its family of fine product offerings,
company officials announced today. The TenderBison that Winn will carry is
produced by the North American Bison Cooperative, based in New Rockford, North
Dakota.
"Bison's popularity has soared in the last year. This healthy, lean meat
can take on a variety of flavor profiles, giving chefs a virtual blank canvas
on which to create immeasurably flavorful recipes," said Jamie Samford, Vice
President of Product Development and Corporate Chef. "Another wonderful
advantage of TenderBison is its grain finishing produces a consistent,
outstanding flavor, with qualities that make bison a winner on the menu every
time."
"Bison is probably the most natural protein you could have on your menu,"
added Samford. "These buffalo have been in North America almost unchanged for
10,000 years!"
The North American Bison Cooperative (NABC) includes more than 300 member
ranchers in the United States and Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. The NABC
was formed in 1993 and operates a state-of-the-art processing plant in New
Rockford, North Dakota. It is the only USDA and EU approved bison processing
facility in the United States. Demand for bison meat is growing steadily as a
more health-conscience consumers discover the benefits of bison.
TenderBison(TM) products are all natural: they come from premium grade,
ranch-raised, grain-finished bison. TenderBison are source verified, and
tested by the USDA to be free of growth hormones and stimulants. No animal
byproducts are ever fed to bison.
Because bison is lean, it cooks faster than beef. Bison contains no
animal byproducts, growth hormones are ever used. And bison meat is
antibiotic-free.
About Bison
The great American bison is a truly magnificent animal with wonderful,
marvelous flavor. It is the largest land mammal in North America since the end
of the Ice Age. Estimates of the pre-European herd size vary from
30,000,000 to 70,000,000 animals and they ranged over most of North America.
There are three subspecies of bison: the Plains bison, Wood bison, and the
European Wisent.
Where bison and Native Americans lived together, the bison provided much
more than food.
Unregulated killing of bison led to the many millions of animals being
reduced to no more than 1,500 individuals in the mid to late 1800s.
Legal protection of the bison in Yellowstone Park, the establishment of
preserves like the National Bison Refuge in Montana, along with individuals
raising bison on their own land, have helped restore the bison to over
350,000 animals. Current estimates place the size of the U.S. herd at
270,000 animals, with most of the production occurring on private ranches.
About Winn Meat Company
Winn Meat Company has been providing food service customers with
top-quality meat products and services for over 100 years. The company was
originally founded as Bunting's Wholesale Market in 1902. Robert Winn bought
the company in 1974. Today, Todd Winn and Walter Wilkerson continue the family
tradition of service excellence that is now the hallmark of Winn Meat Company.
From specialty cuts to custom orders, Winn Meat Company is dedicated to
giving customers not only high-quality products and services, but value. With
a team of experts from the culinary and meat and protein industries, Winn Meat
Company's capabilities range from sourcing unique products to in-house
development of products to meet customer specifications. Winn Meat Company is
proud of many longstanding relationships built on a commitment to quality and
service. Winn Meat Company offers a broad range of products, from true
dry-aged beef to fresh all natural game birds. For more background, please
visit http://www.winnmeat.com.
SOURCE Winn Meat Company
