"You Are what you eat?" - Dog or cat in our curry: Fears over 'mystery meat' in takeaway which has baffled experts.

"You Are what you eat?" - Dog or cat in our curry: Fears over 'mystery meat' in takeaway which has baffled experts.(Mirror).

DNA tests ruled out lamb, beef, chicken, pork, goat, horse – and even human flesh - leaving the grim possibility it could be dog or cat.

It was on the takeway menu as a lamb curry – but it baffled food experts who later examined it.

They were surprised when they found the meaty chunks in the spicy sauce did not contain a single trace of lamb.And the mystery deepened as DNA tests went on to rule out beef, chicken, pork, goat, horse – and even human flesh.

Eventually they were left with the grim possibility that the unidentified ingredient could be dog or cat meat.

The shock finding is the latest unpleasant twist in the recent horsemeat scandal.

It was revealed in a BBC3 documentary, The Horsemeat Banquet, last night.

The Indian curry was bought at random from an unnamed takeaway in London, along with burgers, kebabs and Chinese dishes, as part of a special investigation.

They were all sent for analysis with some unappetising results that may give many fast-food lovers pause for thought.

A show spokesman said: “Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, the results came in for an Indian lamb curry. “It did contain meat – but it was not lamb, not pork, nor was it chicken or beef. Not horse, and not goat either. “At this moment, the lab is unable to identify exactly which animal this meat came from.”

Nutritionist Surinder Phull added: “It’s absolutely terrifying because if it isn’t any of the meats we know, well what is it?"Where has it come from? Where was it slaughtered? Was it hygienic? Was it covered in bacteria?”

The documentary makers also found a beef burger that contained no beef, apart from blood and heart.

And the meat in a beef in black bean sauce dish contained mainly chicken blood and chicken scraps, with very little beef.

The only fast food that lived up to its name was a lamb doner kebab – so often the butt of jokes – that was pure lamb.

One expert said: “It was quite amazing to find something with no stray ingredients.” It is the first time an unknown meat has been proved to be on sale in the high street since the horse burger scandal hit the headlines 11 weeks ago.Hmmmm..........Confucius say… wise man buy prunes… get good run for money.Read the full story here.