Example: Which meat has the least fat: extra lean ground beef, ground turkey breast or ground chicken?

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The American Meat Institute, meanwhile, has created www.meatsafety.org to answer questions about BSE and beef safety, as well as facts about lean finely textured beef, which of course, earned the nickname pink slime.

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BPI, of course, manufactures lean finely textured beef, the food product in question.

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Among the lean and tender beef will be a side of Blonde d'Aquitaine, aged for 45 days and weighing around 1.5 kilograms, from butcher and farmer Alexandre Polmard of St.

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Their meat is lower in saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories than grain-finished. (Because it is quite lean, cook rare to medium-rare for juiciness.) Grass-fed beef has a distinct flavor, often described as bold, complex, and gamy.

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