K-ROO is produced by Australia s leading manufacturer of kangaroo meat, Macro Meats. Based in South Australia, we re a family-owned and operated business that have a long history of innovation and excellence and have been proudly supplying Australians with kangaroo meat for the past 30 years.
Harvesting kangaroos
Kangaroo is a 100% natural lean meat that is sustainably and ethically sourced from the open ranges of Australia. Kangaroos are free-ranging animals, the range over extensive pastoral areas of Australia, graze on natural vegetation and are harvested in their own environment.
Kangaroos are not farmed. Every year the kangaroo industry slaughters millions of kangaroos and their joey's in the wild for their meat and skins. It is the largest land-based wildlife slaughter in the world.
Kangaroo meat is sourced from the 4 main species of kangaroos that are harvested in the wild. Although most species of macropod are protected from non-Aboriginal hunting in Australia by law, a number of the large-sized species which exist in high numbers can be hunted by commercial hunters.
There is no kangaroo farming in Australia: fillets seen on supermarket shelves or restaurant menus are wild-caught, killed by professional marksmen and gutted in the field.
You know you're in Australia when you see kangaroo on the menu. In fact, it's a popular dish on the menu right here at The Meat & Wine Co, where we serve it medium rare, with hot buttery potato, native bush spice, tomato chutney, and crispy onion rings.
Overall, eating Kangaroo meat is more sustainable and better for the environment than most other meat consumption. As kangaroos are indigenous to the Australian environment they can get by on eating a variety of indigenous scrub and do not rely on the production of grain.
This statistic makes the kangaroo the most hunted wild animal in the world. Unfortunately, Belgium is partly responsible for maintaining this commercial hunt, as it is the world's largest importer of kangaroo meat for human consumption.
While kangaroo is more environmentally friendly than sheep or cattle, the long travel time from Australia to other countries ups the meat's carbon footprint. This long journey increases the cost of roo, making it much more expensive than meat farmed in Peru.
The import of kangaroo meat to China will put the future of our most iconic Australian animal at serious risk. The import will result in a huge increase in the number of kangaroos - a protected species already in severe decline - being killed in Australia.
Thanks to our Aussie-first supplier policy, 100% of our fresh meat is proudly Australian grown. Our suppliers are some of Australia's best farmers, like the Thomas family, BE Campbells, the Bandari Food Group, Golden Cockerel and the Benders… just to name a few.
Selected to high standards, our lambs are born and raised in pastures across farms in North-East Tasmania. Our farmers work with nature to produce great tasting, quality lamb. Coles works with our Tassie farmers to achieve this high level of quality.
Coles is committed to acting on the issues that matter most to our stakeholders such as climate change, packaging and waste, single-use plastics, animal welfare, health and nutrition and farming and supplier partnerships.
Lidl is to end its trade in kangaroo meat after years of protests from animal welfare campaigners, becoming the last UK retailer to end sales of the controversial product.
That's not to say that kangaroo meat doesn't have risks. Researchers found that kangaroo meat contains a high amount of L-carnitine, a red meat compound that can encourage arterial plaque leading to heart disease, strokes, and heart attacks.
Belgium is the largest importer of kangaroo meat | Eurogroup for Animals.
In 1971 California banned the importation of kangaroo products, based on concerns about declining populations in Australian landscapes.
Kangaroo meat is highly nutritious
With less than two per cent fat and being one of the highest protein sources in the meat section of the supermarket, kangaroo meat is one of the healthiest meat choices you can make.
Methods used to kill kangaroos create hygiene issues and food safety risks, including potential contamination of meat with bacteria, due to animals being slaughtered in the outback and their carcasses transported long distances in the open air without refrigeration, they added.
France. A population of feral red-necked wallabies, often mis-identified as "kangourous", lives near the township of Émancé, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Paris. These wallabies are descended from a breeding population which escaped a zoological reserve in the 1970s.
In Australia, people eat kangaroo, the country's national animal, in kebabs, meatballs and more.
A federal ban on kangaroo products was proposed in the U.S. House in 2021, but was not approved. The ban on "k-leather" would not be without precedent: California enacted a ban on kangaroo-based products in the 1970s. The commercial harvest of kangaroos in Australia is legal.
Chicken. Environmental Working Group (EWG), researchers found chicken is the most sustainable choice out of all the different types of meat. "Certified Humane" or "Animal Welfare Approved" logo to ensure the animals are receiving the best possible care and treatment.
Meat – includes red meat and poultry.
Kosher meat must come from an animal that chews its cud and has split hooves. (Cows, sheep and goats are kosher; rabbits, kangaroos and fox are not).
Giraffe. “Properly prepared, and cooked rare,” pens celebrity chef Hugh Fearnly-Whittingstall, “giraffe's meat steak can be better than steak or venison. The meat has a natural sweetness that may not be to everybody's taste, but is certainly to mine when grilled over an open fire.”