white flesh

Light-colored fruit interior

White flesh describes the pale meat of certain fish and poultry, as opposed to darker varieties.

Cod, halibut, and tilapia have white flesh; salmon and tuna do not.

Chicken breast is white meat, while the thigh is dark.

The term also applies to pale fruit interiors: white-fleshed peaches are less acidic than yellow.

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peach · apple · pear · ripe fruit · succulent · meat · fillet · pulp · soft · delicate · raw · juicy · nectarine · lychee · creamy · milky · translucent · bite

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Opposites
fruit/fish flesh color

white fleshdark meat

Poultry leg portions

red meat · oily fish

edible portion vs exterior

white fleshskin

Body's outer layer

rind · peel · husk · shell · exterior

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