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Ideally yes but in reality it is low quality meat that is fortified and highly processed.

by bratwurst3000 3y ago

hammock 3y ago
What do you mean fortified?
- lm28469 3y ago
  They very often add vitamins and minerals to low quality products to make up for bad nutritional values
  - Kirby64 3y ago
    What bad nutritional values? It's beef. Are you implying that some fancy high end ground beef has materially different contents of vitamins and minerals compared to cheap ground beef at a store? I'd like to see sources on that.
    - lm28469 3y ago
      100% beef fat also is beef. 100% beef patties made form 50% meat and 50% additives also is beef You see where I'm going ? Lot of patties are made from absolute dog shit meat parts, skin, fat, scraps, byproducts, &c.
      - Kirby64 3y ago
        Every ground beef I've ever purchased has a stated fat to lean ratio. So, 100% beef fat is not ever gonna happen. As per the 'patties are made of dog shit' claim... the difference in cost between beef with a stated location/content (e.g., sirloin, or chuck) and the generic ground beef is so low I don't see how your claim could be true. And if you're actually worried about that, just buy patties with a stated location of the cut.
        lm28469 3y ago
        I'll let you check my other comment with examples to not repeat myself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37557686 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37557686 People don't care much but a lot of food is very far from what you'd expect. A butcher's minced meat isn't the same as a supermarket's minced meat despite having the same name, some of them are barely 50% meat
      - mrguyorama 3y ago
        >100% beef patties made form 50% meat and 50% additives also is beef I'm pretty sure this isn't correct. According to the USDA >Beef fat may be added to "hamburger," but not "ground beef." A maximum of 30% fat is allowed in either hamburger or ground beef. Both hamburger and ground beef can have seasonings, but no water, phosphates, extenders, or binders added. For Hannaford supermarkets at least, the ground beef burger patties that you get out of the meat case next to the ground beef are made from ground beef. They are likely the ground beef FROM those packs, formed into patties by Craig in the back and then put in a new container. It used to be normal for these stores to actually HAVE butchers (my dad was one for decades), and grind and pack the ground beef right there, with a beautiful stainless steel grinder that you can literally hose down with bleach every night. You might even still be able to ask them to grind you some fresh stuff right then and there, that was a service they explicitly advertised at one point.
        bratwurst3000 3y ago
        It’s about beef paties. Here a good comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37559265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37559265
zeroonetwothree 3y ago
Buy better burgers

Ideally yes but in reality it is low quality meat that is fortified and highly processed.

hammock 3y ago

What do you mean fortified?

lm28469 3y ago
They very often add vitamins and minerals to low quality products to make up for bad nutritional values
- Kirby64 3y ago
  What bad nutritional values? It's beef. Are you implying that some fancy high end ground beef has materially different contents of vitamins and minerals compared to cheap ground beef at a store? I'd like to see sources on that.
  - lm28469 3y ago
    100% beef fat also is beef. 100% beef patties made form 50% meat and 50% additives also is beef You see where I'm going ? Lot of patties are made from absolute dog shit meat parts, skin, fat, scraps, byproducts, &c.
    - Kirby64 3y ago
      Every ground beef I've ever purchased has a stated fat to lean ratio. So, 100% beef fat is not ever gonna happen. As per the 'patties are made of dog shit' claim... the difference in cost between beef with a stated location/content (e.g., sirloin, or chuck) and the generic ground beef is so low I don't see how your claim could be true. And if you're actually worried about that, just buy patties with a stated location of the cut.
      - lm28469 3y ago
        I'll let you check my other comment with examples to not repeat myself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37557686 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37557686 People don't care much but a lot of food is very far from what you'd expect. A butcher's minced meat isn't the same as a supermarket's minced meat despite having the same name, some of them are barely 50% meat
    - mrguyorama 3y ago
      >100% beef patties made form 50% meat and 50% additives also is beef I'm pretty sure this isn't correct. According to the USDA >Beef fat may be added to "hamburger," but not "ground beef." A maximum of 30% fat is allowed in either hamburger or ground beef. Both hamburger and ground beef can have seasonings, but no water, phosphates, extenders, or binders added. For Hannaford supermarkets at least, the ground beef burger patties that you get out of the meat case next to the ground beef are made from ground beef. They are likely the ground beef FROM those packs, formed into patties by Craig in the back and then put in a new container. It used to be normal for these stores to actually HAVE butchers (my dad was one for decades), and grind and pack the ground beef right there, with a beautiful stainless steel grinder that you can literally hose down with bleach every night. You might even still be able to ask them to grind you some fresh stuff right then and there, that was a service they explicitly advertised at one point.
      - bratwurst3000 3y ago
        It’s about beef paties. Here a good comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37559265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37559265

zeroonetwothree 3y ago

Buy better burgers