Okay, this really ticks me off. So Kim went shopping today at Walmart (which we rarely do preferring our local Stop & Shop’s food quality). I am making a big pot of chili. She got 2.25 pounds of ground beef for that and Tacos. She bought 93/7 beef, paying the extra premium for the leaner meat. Below is a photo of the label:
And another photo of the nutritional information:
When I first took the meat out, I immediately knew something wasn’t right. Usually 93/7 meat is a bright red color, but this meet was more on the pink side. I chocked it up to Stop & Shop versus Walmart quality difference. After the meat started to brown I figured out what was wrong. This was NOT 93/7 meat!
After the meat was done cooking I was astounded at how much fat was in the pan. I usually get about a tablespoons or two from a pound of meat, so two and a quarter pounds should give me maybe a quarter of a cup, right?
I spooned the extra fat so it wouldn’t go down the drain into an empty Bertolli glass tomato sauce bottle.
Thinking maybe Walmart’s distributers inject their meat with water I looked to see the breakdown between fat and water. Nope… Looks like it’s all fat to me.
Now this was not a scientific experiment, but I think it shows yet another way Americans are being duped by corporations. I just hope this practice doesn’t spread to my Stop & Shop!
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