Is chicken white or red meat?

While it's true that chicken has both dark meat (legs and thighs) and white meat (breasts and wings), it's generally classified as white meat due to the higher proportion of white meat on a chicken.

Here's why:

* Muscle fiber type: White meat has a higher concentration of fast-twitch muscle fibers, which are used for short bursts of activity. Dark meat has more slow-twitch muscle fibers, used for sustained activity. Since chickens primarily use their breasts for flying (short bursts), they have more white meat.

* Myoglobin content: Dark meat has a higher concentration of myoglobin, a protein that stores oxygen, giving it its darker color. White meat has less myoglobin.

So, even though chicken has both dark and white meat, it's considered white meat overall.