Inyama kunye nenqanaba lokutya kwesidlo sisithako esityebileyo seprotheyini yesondlo sezilwanyana esenziwe ngeemveliso ezinikezelweyo zenyama yenkomo, yehagu, kunye neminye imithombo yenyama.Iveliswa ngokupheka nokugaya inyama kunye namathambo kumaqondo aphezulu okushisa ukususa umswakama kunye namafutha.
Inyama kunye nenqanaba lokutya kwethambo liqulethe ixabiso elifanelekileyo leprotheyini, i-amino acids ebalulekileyo, iiminerali, kunye neevithamini, okwenza ukuba ibe yinto ebalulekileyo kwisondlo sezilwanyana.Isetyenziswa ngokuqhelekileyo kwimfuyo, iinkukhu, kunye nokwakhiwa kokutya kwesilwanyana ukunyusa iprofayili yesondlo kunye nokukhuthaza ukukhula kunye nophuhliso.