Understanding Woody Breast Meat

The causes and uses of chicken breast muscle with woody breast (WB) myopathy.

Woody breast meat contains pale, bulging and hardened chicken breast muscle at varying degrees – mild, moderate or severe. This degradation lowers the quality, value and even usability of the meat. Refer to this document for more details about the causes of woody breast, the severity levels and whether it can be used in your meat value stream.