Pink Slime - Who uses it in their meats that you are buying

Oh dear me. It's not the pregnancy making me need to throw up now. It is knowing that for years and years of my life I have consumed parts of animals not meant to be eaten by livestock. If my body didnt crave meat, then I would totally become Vegan now. They say it is in up to 70% off all ground beef.... do what?!

The hyperlinks in the store name lead directly to their corporate responses.
• A&P (Pathmark, Superfresh, Waldbaums, The Food Emporium, Food Basics, USA) – does not use pink slime

• Ahold (Stop & Shop/Giant) – Stores operated by the divisions of Ahold USA do carry ground beef made with Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings (BLBT), also called Finely Textured Beef (FTB) 
 
• Albertsons – does use pink slime

• Aldi’s – declines to respond

• BJ’s – does use pink slime

• Buehler’s Fresh Foods – issued a statement Tuesday to say that its Certified Angus Beef contains no pink slime.

• Commissaries – do not use pink slime Thanks Brandee! 

• Costco – does not use pink slime

• Food Lion - does not add lean finely textured beef (LFTB) to the ground beef we produce in stores.

• Fred Meyer yes, and no Slime free Fred Meyer products: Private Selection Angus Ground Beef 90%,
Private Selection All Natural Ground Beef 93% lean, Private Selection Organic Ground Beef 90% Lean, Store made Ground Beef from store trimmings prepared in store, 85% Ground Chili Meat 1 & 3LB 80%, 85% and 93% Ground Beef Chub Rolls, 5LB 73% Ground Beef Chub Rolls, – All beef in AK stores is slime free.

• Giant Eagle – spokesperson said she had no information on the subject. UPDATE: Giant Eagle does use pink slime. The Nature’s Basket products are slime -free Thanks Jennifer! 

• Hannaford – maybe They will not rule out pink slime use from suppliers.
• Harris Teeter – does not use pink slime Thanks Kelly!
Thank you for your email. Our suppliers do not use pink slime in any of our Harris Teeter brands of ground beef. This includes our Harris Teeter Naturals, Rancher and Angus ground beef.
Sincerely,
Melisa
Harris Teeter Customer Relations 

• H-E-B – All our ground beef sold at H-E-B is 100% pure with no additives.

• Hen House – no response on facebook page to this direct question.

• Hy-Vee – yes, and no – If you wish to purchase Hy-Vee ground beef that is not blended with LFTB, we would suggest our 85 Percent Lean Amana Chuck Trim. 

• Ingles – does not Thanks Dealzstealz! 
 
• Kroger – yes, and no – Kroger carries ground beef both with and without lean finely textured beef. For customers who choose to avoid it, we offer a variety of options including Kroger’s Private Selection Angus Ground Chuck, Round and Sirloin; Private Selection All Natural Ground Beef and Private Selection Organic Ground Beef solid in 1 lb. packages, labeled 80% lean and above; Laura’s Lean Ground Beef; and ground beef prepared in store. All ground beef you find at your local Kroger is USDA-regulated, inspected and approved for food safety and quality. That includes beef products made with lean finely textured beef.

• Meijer – yes, and no – We want our customers to know that most types of fresh ground beef that Meijer sells do not have lean finely textured beef as an ingredient. 

• Price Chopper – does not buy, use or sell any fresh ground beef that has been ammoniated; nor do we employ FLTB or BLBT as fillers for our fresh ground beef. We have one main beef supplier whose meat we grind fresh in-store several times daily – JBS Swift. We have documentation from JBS Swift that the fresh beef we purchase from them to grind in our stores does not include ammoniated product, FLTB or BLBT. As a point of interest, suppliers of our frozen ground beef patties have also confirmed that they do not incorporate ‘pink slime’ into the products that we purchase from them. 

• Publix – We have never allowed the use of LFTB (pink slime) in our meat. It’s 100 percent ground beef with no LFTB.

• Safeway – does – We rely on the federal government to help guide us on food safety issues. USDA has been clear in its judgment that Lean Finely Textured Ground Beef is a safe source of nutrition. However, we are reviewing the matter at this time.

• Superfresh – does not use pink slime

• SuperValu – (Acme, Alberstons, Cub, Jewel-Osco, Shaw/Star Market, Shop ‘n Save and Shoppers) – does use pink slime

• Target – Its ground beef vendors do not use the ammonia treatment during production.
Target places great emphasis on sourcing food and products from industry leaders for safety and quality. Our ground beef vendors do not use an ammonium hydroxide treatment in their production processes. Any additional questions can be directed to vendors.

• Tops Markets – does not use pink slime.

• WalMart – declines to respond – WalMart does use pink slime. Thanks Mini! 
 
• Waldbaums – does not use pink slime

• Wegmans – does (sorta) – While most ground beef contains a small percentage of boneless lean beef trimmings, our processor does not use ammoniated meat products in the production of fresh ground beef 

• Weis Supermarket – does use pink slime in their ground beef

• Whole Foods – Does not use pink slime.

• Winco – they do not know! Updated: winco facebook page – the winco brand does not have pink slime, however, they have other brands they carry and they do not know if they contain pink slime. Thanks Troy! 

• Zaycon Foods – does not – We buy all of the ground beef from National Beef and have asked them directly about the “pink slime” and they have said no. Note: Zaycon amended to : “we are awaiting more information”

*I also heard a rumor that if the meat was packed on a white board, that it is not as fresh and it was shipped and contains pink slime, but those on a black board do NOT contain pink slime. I can not confirm this

Sources:
9WSYR.com
ABC News
Cdapress.com
Examiner.com
kmbc.com
New York Times
TimesReporter.com
Syracuse.com 

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