Ground Beef 80% Lean / 20% Fat

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Trader Joe's Ground Beef 80% Lean / 20% Fat scores 97/100 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.

Trader Joe's Ground Beef 80% Lean / 20% Fat 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.

At 97/100 Trader Joe's Ground Beef 80% Lean / 20% Fat sits in our top band, among the better fresh meat we have scored. A higher-scoring option in fresh meat is Simply Nature Organic Ground Beef at 100/100.