Kiwi beef and sheep farmers have produced the world's first blamb, a sheep and cattle hybrid that combines the very best of both meats to ensure consumers never have to go through the toughest of all choices, whether to eat beef or lamb.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand CEO Rod Slater said this latest development was just another example of Kiwi ingenuity.
"New Zealand beef and sheep farmers have always been at the forefront of world innovation when it comes to farming. Whether it's the first shipment of lamb to Europe in 1882 or the more recent breeding of low methane-emitting sheep, Kiwi farmers are always staying one step ahead," he said.
Blamb as a product had tested very well so far, consumers remarking that the eating experience, whilst unique, was ground-breaking, combining the rich tenderness of beef with the earthy, gamey flavour of lamb.
Fiona Windle, Head of Nutrition at Beef + Lamb New Zealand, also pointed out that the nutritional credentials of blamb were "right up there" with their more traditional counterparts.
