About Shardale
About us
Our History
Shardale Game was founded by Adam Massheder a gamekeeper for over 20 years across Yorkshire. Adam has a passion for the birds he produces and ensuring these can be enjoyed by everyone, from restaurants to families in their homes through out the UK and across the world.
In 2018 Adam secured a grant to help him build a new FSA approved game handling facility to ensure he could market the high-quality produce from his and other local estates, allowing everyone to enjoy these nutritious and wild products.
We are part of a long-established Yorkshire based Farming and game business. As well as selling oven ready Game through Shardale wild British Game, we breed and sell young game birds to estates nationwide and manage shoots throughout Yorkshire.
Game and countryside management are important parts of the rural economy and landscape. Caring for the environment, creating jobs for the local economy and creating much needed revenue to local business.
Game meat is one of the healthiest meats available being very lean, deliciously nutritious and hormone additive free all raised in a natural outdoor environment.
About us
Who are we?
We're a name with a heritage. Founded by Adam Massheder, gamekeeper for a number of Yorkshire based shoots, Shardale Game is built on the premise that quality comes first.
Adam's passion for the birds he produces ensures that only the best Game meats are worthy of the Shardale name. We want to make sure that the quality we continuously strive to achieve can be enjoyed by everybody - from local restaurants, to family homes.
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What we do
Our aim is to bring the great taste of the British countryside into homes and businesses across the UK. We do this by simply making high-quality wild British Game meats easily available to everyone. That's why we ensure that ordering Game from Shardale is straightforward and hassle-free.
All of our wild British Game is sourced from local estates. We're extremely proud of the fact that we're involved with both the management of the Game birds as well as conservation throughout these estates. This enables us to have ultimate traceability of all our products, from egg to plate, for your peace of mind.
At Shardale Game, our main objective is to process and sell Game meats for all customers to enjoy. We take great pride in breeding and raising the birds ourselves in our beautiful natural environment in Yorkshire. We are a truly ‘Field to Fork’ business.
We ensure that the birds are laid down in exactly the right quantities whilst we help to maintain the natural habitats of the estates that we source the birds from.
Benefits
Why eat Game?
Game meats can be thought of as one of nature's superfoods. The meat is lean, packed full of protein, raised in a natural environment and also tastes great!
It's also extremely versatile and can be enjoyed in a variety of forms to suit your own individual needs and tastes. Any dishes or recipes that use chicken, pork, or indeed any meat, can easily use game meats. This versatility means that you can enjoy all of the benefits of eating Game, such as the beautiful flavours and extensive healthy nutrients, all without having to worry about special requirements or different recipes. Being able to truly enjoy Game is a lot simpler than you might think.
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Health
How does Game compare to chicken?
Take a look at the table below to see the typical nutritional makeup of the game birds we supply compared to chicken.
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Game is high in protein and low in fat so can fit easily into a health and balanced lifestyle.
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Game birds are also shot in the wild in their natural environment. We then prepare them in our new processing room to ensure they are prepared and packed to the highest standards
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Pheasants |
Grouse |
Partridge |
Chicken |
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Protein (g/100g) |
27.1 |
29 |
25.8 |
20.1 |
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Calories (kcal/100g) |
119 |
127 |
112 |
105 |
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Fat (g/100g) |
1.2 |
1 |
1 |
1.5 |
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Cholesterol (mg/100g) |
66 |
45 |
85 |
90 |
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Selenium (mg/kg) |
0.37 |
0.32 |
0.43 |
0.1 |
Caring
Conservation
At Shardale Game, we take the management and upkeep of the natural environment seriously.
It's a key part of what we do here. Combined with the rest of our conservation efforts, we also plant game cover which provides winter feed for wild birds and other animals, and also offers a great environment for bees and other insects which are crucial to the longevity of life on our planet.
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