What is cola?
Quick Answer
cola is a regional beef-cut name for the oxtail, on the round primal (Tail, cross-cut into round sections).
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What is cola in simple terms?
What is cola called in the United States?
US retail labels for oxtail appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is cola on the cow?
Is cola steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still oxtail anatomically.
Is cola the same as Hind Shank?
How do I translate cola for travel?
What is another name for cola?
“cola” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Oxtail (round primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
The tail, cut into thick cross-sections exposing a central bone surrounded by rich, gelatinous meat. One of the most universally recognized cuts across all cultures. Ideal for slow braising — produces extraordinarily rich, collagen-heavy broth. It is part of the round primal (Tail, cross-cut into round sections).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Hind Shank.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: oxtail
- Andhra Pradesh: thoka
- Argentina: cola · Cola
- Australia: oxtail
- Austria: ochsenschlepp
- Bangladesh: lez
- Belarus: khvost
- Belgium: oxtail
- Bolivia: cola
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: oxtail
- Brazil: Rabo · Rabada
- Bulgaria: opashka
- Canada: Oxtail
- Chile: cola · Cola
- China: niuwei china
- Colombia: cola · Cola
- Costa Rica: rabo
- Croatia: goveđi rep
- Czech Republic: oháňka
- Denmark: oxtail
- Ecuador: rabo ec
- Egypt: akkawi
- El Salvador: cola
- Estonia: veisesaba
- Ethiopia: oxtail
- Finland: häränhäntä
- France: Queue de boeuf
- Germany: Ochsenschwanz
- Goa: tail goa
- Greece: ουρά
- Guatemala: cola
- Honduras: cola
- Hungary: ököruszály
- Indonesia: buntut
- Iran: dom
- Ireland: oxtail
- Israel: זנב שור
- Italy: oxtail
- Japan: teru
- Karnataka: baala
- Kazakhstan: quyryq
- Kenya: mkia
- Kerala: vaalan
- Latvia: aste
- Lithuania: uodega
- Maharashtra: dum mh
- Malaysia: ekor lembu
- Mexico: cola · Cola de res
- Montenegro: goveđi rep
- Morocco: kora'in
- Netherlands: Ossenstaart
- New Zealand: oxtail
- Nicaragua: cola
- Nigeria: tail ng
- North Macedonia: opashka
- Norway: oksehale
- Pakistan: dum pk
- Panama: rabo
- Paraguay: oxtail
- Peru: rabo
- Philippines: buntot ng baka
- Poland: ogon
- Portugal: oxtail
- Qatar: akkawi qa
- Romania: coadă
- Russia: khvost
- Saudi Arabia: akkawi sa
- Singapore: oxtail sg
- Slovakia: ochvost
- Slovenia: rep
- South Africa: oxtail
- South Korea: kkori
- Spain: Rabo de toro
- Sweden: oxsvans
- Switzerland: ochsenschwanz
- Taiwan: niuwei
- Tamil Nadu: vaal tn
- Telangana: dum tg
- Thailand: hang wua
- Turkey: kuyruk
- UAE: akkawi uae
- Ukraine: khvist
- United Kingdom: Oxtail
- United States: Oxtail
- Uruguay: cola · Cola
- Uzbekistan: dum
- Venezuela: rabo
- Vietnam: duoi bo
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the round primal (Tail, cross-cut into round sections), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Andhra Pradesh → Albania (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Argentina (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Australia (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Austria (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Bangladesh (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Belarus (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Belgium (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Bolivia (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Bosnia & Herzegovina (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Brazil (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Bulgaria (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Canada (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Chile (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → China (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Colombia (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Costa Rica (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Croatia (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Czech Republic (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Denmark (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Ecuador (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Egypt (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → El Salvador (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Estonia (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Ethiopia (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Finland (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → France (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Germany (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Goa (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Greece (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Guatemala (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Honduras (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Hungary (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Indonesia (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Iran (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Ireland (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Israel (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Italy (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Japan (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Karnataka (thoka)
- Andhra Pradesh → Kazakhstan (thoka)
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