Grass Fed Beef?

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Originally Posted by jmen24

Ground beef has fat added to it during processing, its not a bad thing. Just saying it does not matter what kind of cow it comes from, it is something that has to be done, I would ask the question of what type of fat is added, if ground locally, it is probably fat back off a pig. .

I purchased 10 million dollars of meat products a year and made all the formulas for anything from hotdogs to hams for our family processing plant for 25 years.You absolutely CANNOT add pork fat to hamburg.Hamburg is 100% beef.The different % of fat content is achieved by blending together different cuts of meat,generally 85-90% muscle meat with a 40% trimming to arrive at the desired %.Grass fed beef has a definate difference in taste than grain fed.It will have a more gamey flavor and as has been mentioned will be much leaner and therefore have less of the flavor we have come to expect from todays beef.