New wagyu brand aims to attract health-conscious meat lovers

Some Japanese Black cattle in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, known for their distinctive fatty marbling, have been put on a diet.A new less-fatty wagyu brand has been launched there in hopes of attracting health-conscious meat lovers looking for a lean alternative.Since 2015, the prefectural government has been working on the development of Kishu Waka beef, harvested from cattle that eat low-calorie feed, in cooperation with local cattle farmers.They succeeded in cutting the amount of fat in the meat by about 10 percent while increasing the vitamin content through raising the cat…READ FULL ARTICLE