Texel lamb and Dutch meat

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About Texel lamb and Dutch meat

Texel lamb and Dutch meat is a company with a local service area.

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Salt meadows, game from the forest and farm meat from the producer’s own cold store. The Netherlands has more than supermarket meat.

Texel lamb

Sheep on meadows behind the dunes, where salt sits in the grass. That gives the meat its own flavour, and the name is protected.

Veluwe game

Roe, red deer and wild boar, from October to January. The meat comes from managed culling in the area itself, and forest edge restaurants do the most with it.

Farm meat

Livestock farmers with their own sales supply directly, often in packages. Density is highest in Drenthe, the Achterhoek and Zeeland.

Old breeds

Dutch cattle breeds that nearly vanished are returning with small keepers. Restaurants working with them say so.

The intensive side

The Netherlands is among Europe’s largest meat exporters, with the accompanying argument about density and environment. Both realities exist at once.

Where to look

Texel for lamb, the Veluwe for game, farm shops for the rest.