Lean ground beef percentages?

Question

Let’s say I buy a lb of ground beef at the store which is advertised as 85% lean, 15% fat.

Then I buy another package advertising 93% lean, 7% fat.

When cooking each beef in a skillet, more fat/grease is obviously present in the 85% lean meat.

However, after cooking both thoroughly, I drain off the excess fat from each. Does this mean the two meats are nutritionally equivalent and that the differences in lean % are actually negligible?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I like the 85/15 for grilling burgers and the 93/7 for things like spaghetti sauce and meatloaf.