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The poultry farm, whose facility has the capacity for 12 million broiler chickens per annum, currently supplies chicken to the fast food company Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Lagos. [11] It also supplies bananas to the retail store Shoprite. [12] The success of Shonga Farms has led to several new developments in Kwara State.
Fryers are the smallest size (2.5-4 lbs dressed for sale), and the most common, as chicken reach this size quickly (about 7 weeks). Broilers are larger than fryers. Roasters, or roasting hens, are the largest chickens commonly sold (3–5 months and 6-8 lbs) and are typically more expensive.
Chicken Republic is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. [5] [6] The company is a subsidiary of Food Concepts Plc, a Nigerian food based company.[7]The company is arguably Nigeria's largest chicken restaurant chain [8] with over 40 outlets in Lagos and over 190 outlets nationwide.
However, for boneless, skinless chicken breast, the amount is much lower. 100 grams (3.5 oz) of raw chicken breast contains 2 grams (0.071 oz) of fat and 22 grams (0.78 oz) of protein, compared to 9 grams (0.32 oz) of fat and 20 grams (0.71 oz) of protein for the same portion of raw beef flank steak. [72] [73]
The figures tabulated below do not represent per capita amounts of meat eaten by humans. Instead, they represent FAO figures for carcass mass availability (with "carcass mass" for poultry estimated as ready-to-cook mass), [2] divided by population.
Mass production of chicken meat is a global industry and at that time, only two or three breeding companies supplied around 90% of the world's breeder-broilers. The total number of meat chickens produced in the world was nearly 47 billion in 2004; of these, approximately 19% were produced in the US, 15% in China, 13% in the EU25 and 11% in Brazil.
A dual-purpose chicken is a type of chicken that may be used in the production of both eggs and meat. [42] In the past, many chicken breeds were selected for both functions. However, since the advent of laying and meat hybrids, industrial chicken breeding has made a sharp distinction between chickens with either function, [ 43 ] so that certain ...
Coconut rice is rice made with coconut milk, [12] and other spices.; Jollof rice is a rice dish made with pureed tomato and Scotch bonnet-based sauce. [13] [14] [15] [16]Ofada rice is a popular South West Nigerian rice variety.