Never heard of this one before. But I went to the USDA web site to find the nutritioanl information on venison and came up with the table below for 1# of venison.

    What jumped out at me is that "Sugars, total"  are listed at 0. Could this be why, or a contributing factor?

 

Dave & Ruth

 

Game meat, deer, raw Refuse: 0%  
Scientific Name: 
NDB No: 17164 (Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion)

Nutrient	Units	Value per 100 grams	Number of Data Points	Std. Error	1.00 X 1 lb ------- 453.6g
Proximates
Water	g	73.57	44	0.188	333.71
Energy	kcal	120	0		544
Energy	kj	502	0		2277
Protein	g	22.96	33	0.263	104.15
Total lipid (fat)	g	2.42	50	0.211	10.98
Ash	g	1.16	27	0.054	5.26
Carbohydrate, by difference	g	0.00	0		0.00
Fiber, total dietary	g	0.0	0		0.0
Sugars, total	g	0.00	0		0.00
Minerals
Calcium, Ca	mg	5	20	0.47	23
Iron, Fe	mg	3.40	20	0.221	15.42
Magnesium, Mg	mg	23	14	0.292	104
Phosphorus, P	mg	202	19	4.781	916
Potassium, K	mg	318	19	14.334	1442
Sodium, Na	mg	51	19	2.065	231
Zinc, Zn	mg	2.09	14	0.142	9.48
Copper, Cu	mg	0.253	19	0.011	1.148
Manganese, Mn	mg	0.041	13	0.002	0.186
Selenium, Se	mcg	9.7	0		44.0
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	0.0	0		0.0
Thiamin