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| Grass fed just does not mean strictly grass-only. It simply means that the animal was not taken off the pasture, put on a drylot and fed all that corn. In reality, there's no such thing as all-corn-only beef, either. Without a percentage of some silage or hay, the animal just can't ruminate, period.
What this is, is normal, natural and SHOULD be fed to cattle in the first place. All pasture grass will have seedheads in it, which cattle eat. They eat whole wheat or oat hay with seeds, johnson grass hay with seeds, sorghum hay with seeds. "Corn fed" is just the reversal of that--95 percent GRAIN [usually corn and or sorghum] and 10 percent plant matter [herbage].
As for the marbling--no, it has no effect on tenderness. That has more to do with stress and condition of the animal at time of slaughter. I have eaten far too much very lean beef to think otherwise. Also, I believe all that fat and marbling, only contributes to our growing cholesterol problems. | |
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How animal welfare affects shopping
