Rabbit meat is very similar to chicken in the sense it's a lean meat and high in protein whilst being low in fat. Rabbit meat also has a higher concentration of minerals and is very rich in vitamin B12 and E. Although rabbit meat naturally provides a lot of nutrition, dietary fortification of rabbits has been growing in recent years, making its nutritional properties even better. Rabbit meat also contains the highest concentration of iron in all types of meat too, along with calcium, potassium and magnesium.
A rich source of: vitamin B12, Vitamin e, potassium, magnesium, iron.
Rabbit, raw, meat only
| Energy (kcal) | 137 |
| Energy (kJ) | 576 |
| Water (g) | 71.5 |
| Starch (g) | 0 |
| Total sugars (g) | 0 |
| Glucose (g) | 0 |
| Galactose (g) | 0 |
| Fructose (g) | 0 |
| Sucrose (g) | 0 |
| Maltose (g) | 0 |
| Lactose (g) | 0 |
| Protein (g) | 21.9 |
| Protein (g)/100kcal | 16 |
| Protein % of calories | 63.9 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 0 |
| Carbohydrate (g)/100kcal | 0 |
| Carb % of calories | 0 |
| Fat (g) | 5.5 |
| Fat (g)/100kcal | 4 |
| Fat % of calories | 36.1 |
| Satd FA /100g fd (g) | 2.1 |
| Mono FA /100g food (g) | 1.3 |
| Poly FA /100g food (g) | 1.8 |
| Trans FAs /100g food (g) | 0.1 |
| Sodium (mg) | 135 |
| Potassium (mg) | 75 |
| Calcium (mg) | 49 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 8 |
| Phosphorus (mg) | 33 |
| Iron (mg) | 0.6 |
| Copper (mg) | 0 |
| Zinc (mg) | 0.2 |
| Chloride (mg) | 181 |
| Manganese (mg) | 0.2 |
| Selenium (µg) | 2 |
| Iodine (µg) | 4 |
| Vitamin D (µg) | 0 |
| Vitamin E (mg) | 1.7 |
| Thiamin (mg) | 0.1 |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 0 |
| Niacin (mg) | 0.4 |
| Tryptophan/60 (mg) | 0.6 |
| Niacin equivalent (mg) | 1 |
| Vitamin B6 (mg) | 0 |
| Vitamin B12 (µg) | 0 |
| Folate (µg) | 3 |
| Pantothenate (mg) | 0.2 |
| Biotin (µg) | 1 |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 6 |
| Alcohol (g) | 0 |
| NSP (g) Non-starch polysaccharide | 0 |
| AOAC fibre (g) | 0 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 53 |
| Retinol (µg) | 0 |
| Carotene (µg) | 0 |
| Retinol Equivalent (µg) | 0 |