What's Inside a Slim Jim? »

Posted By ZagatBuzz 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News

It's real meat, all right. But it ain't Kobe. The US Department of Agriculture categorizes beef into eight grades of quality. The bottom three—utility, cutter, and canner—are typically used in processed foods and come from older steers with partially ossified vertebrae, tougher tissue, and generally less reason to live. ConAgra wasn't exactly forthcoming on what's inside Slim Jim.

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    Dionys3 months, 2 weeks ago

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    There's beef in those?

    I always thought it was left over bits from the ASPCA.

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