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it’s not all going to come from an aged out bull or mother cow—the hamburger has to be good enough to bring you back.

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Originally posted by lyman:
some companies, years ago, would grind the burger in the store, from store cut trimmings, so depending on th volume of that store, the number may be under 100, or even less,

now, most companies contract out the ground beef, as in it is ground in a location, packaged and shipped to stores,

so the number of cows would be how many the facility can process in a day between grinds.....

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How many cattle in a ground-beef patty?

National survey asks consumers how many animals represented in one ground beef patty. Do you know the answer?

Alan Newport, Editor, Beef Producer

December 1, 2017



Do you know how many cattle are represented in a commercially produced ground beef patty?

In a recent Food Demand Survey (FOODs) by Oklahoma State University agricultural economists, only 10% of consumers knew the correct answer to that question.

As an active member of the beef industry, can you do any better?

Survey respondents were asked: “One could produce a ground beef patty from one animal exclusively. Or, one could take ground beef from multiple cows, mix them all together, and form a ground beef patty containing many cows’ meat. Suppose you purchase a hamburger at a fast food restaurant. How many different cows’ meat do you believe is in that one beef patty?”

FooDS is a monthly on-line survey with a sample size of at least 1,000 individuals, weighted to match the US population in terms of age, gender, education and region of residence. FooDS tracks consumer preferences and sentiments on the safety, quality, and price of food at home and away from home with particular focus on meat demand. Survey researchers have a regular slate of questions about how willing consumers are to pay for beef and other food items, but they also ask "ad hoc" questions each month.

Those who answered “more than one cow” were asked: “How many different cows’ meat do you believe is in that one beef patty?” Roughly one-third of Americans believe the patty consists of meat from only one animal, but this is not the case. It is not uncommon for a single ground beef patty to contain the meat of over 1,000 different animals. Only 10% of Americans correctly answered that a single patty will likely come from more than 100 different animals.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by lyman:

apples to turnip comparison,

19 yrs a meat guy, 35 in the biz, and never knew any customer to use store bought ground beef for Tartar, they typically ground their own or back in the day when we had smaller grinders, would have us grind a roast for tartar,

Seriously? How is it an apples to turnip comparison? I am literally comparing ground beef to ground beef. And I never said people were buying regular store ground beef and using it for tartare. In fact, I was precisely saying the opposite. Although, I don't how you could possibly know that all the people who bought ground beef from you didn't intend to eat it raw, but ok.

All I was doing was giving one example as to why one would not want ground beef that was mixed from more than one cow.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
I'm guessing the beef in mass market store ground beef is the leftover scraps after all the good cuts have been butchered.