Ibanga lokudla kwenyama nethambo liyisithako sokudla kwezilwane esinamaprotheni amaningi esenziwe ngemikhiqizo enikeziwe yenkomo, ingulube, neminye imithombo yenyama.Ikhiqizwa ngokupheka nokugaya inyama namathambo emazingeni okushisa aphezulu ukususa umswakama namafutha.
Ibanga lokudla kwenyama nethambo liqukethe inani elihle lamaprotheni, ama-amino acid abalulekile, amaminerali, namavithamini, okwenza kube isengezo esibalulekile ekudleni kwezilwane.Ivame ukusetshenziswa emfuyweni, ezinkukhu, nasekwenzeni ukudla kwezilwane ezifuywayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe iphrofayili yokondleka kanye nokukhuthaza ukukhula nokuthuthuka.