As long as people gravitate to the best-looking food item when comparing different foods on a shelf, including meat, there's going to be an incentive to use dy

As long as people gravitate to the best-looking food item when comparing different foods on a shelf, including meat, there's going to be an incentive to use dyes or apply some process that changes the color. You may be fine receiving an uglier food item, but I bet you don't seek it out when judging equally-priced alternatives.