Meaning of lean finely textured beef | Babel Free

Definitions

A meat byproduct produced from otherwise unusable material such as skin and connective, spinal, and digestive tissues by heating and then mixing with ammonia in a centrifuge to produce a food additive.

US, uncountable

Examples

“Two such materials that have⟳ been available for only a relatively short period of time are lean⟳ finely textured beef (LFTB) and lean⟳ finely textured pork (LFTP). They are obtained by low-temperature recovery of protein from trimmed beef […]”

“In a related study⟳, Van Laack et al. (1997) studied the residual color of patties prepared from normal or high pH beef and lean⟳ finely textured beef. Addition of lean⟳ finely textured beef to high pH beef resulted in a more well-done color […]”

“When specified by the purchaser, lean⟳ finely textured beef may be combined with boneless beef meeting the above material requirements […]”

“So now the world is aware that "lean⟳ finely textured beef" is actually an alias for "ammonia-soaked centrifuge-separated byproduct paste".”

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