Lean Ground Beef
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Common questions
Is Lean Ground Beef healthy?
Lean Ground Beef scores 100/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.
What is in Lean Ground Beef?
Lean Ground Beef lists 1 ingredient, starting with Beef. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.
Does Lean Ground Beef contain seed oils?
No. Nothing in Lean Ground Beef’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".
How processed is Lean Ground Beef?
Lean Ground Beef is NOVA group 1: unprocessed or minimally processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.
How does Lean Ground Beef compare to other fresh meat?
At 100/100 Lean Ground Beef sits in our top band, among the better fresh meat we have scored.
Is Lean Ground Beef organic?
Yes. Lean Ground Beef carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.
Full methodology: how we score products.