: Why is ground beef fatter than normal beef?

Question

Just came across this Reddit post : Why are burgers consifered so unhealthy?

[https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/jal8fj/eli5_why_are_burgers_considered_so_unhealthy/](https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/jal8fj/eli5_why_are_burgers_considered_so_unhealthy/)

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so people say that ground beef is fatter, but why is that so? Thanks !

In: Biology

Answer 1

Ground beef is fatter than normal beef, because fat is trimmed off from normal beef. Sometimes the fat from normal beef is even added to ground beef.