Which supermarkets use pink slime

The Kroger Co. Department of Agriculture has said the product is safe for consumption, it will stop selling the beef due to customer concerns. The chains joined Safeway, Supervalu and Food Lion, among others, who have said they won't sell beef with the filler. The low-cost ingredient is made from fatty bits of meat left over from other cuts. The bits are heated to about degrees Fahrenheit and spun to remove most of the fat.

The lean mix then is compressed into blocks for use in ground meat. The product is exposed to ammonium hydroxide gas to kill bacteria, such as E. SpiroFlo looks at which grocery stores are selling ground beef containing the controversial pink slime additive. These are among the stores that say they do not sell meat with pink slime :.

These are among the stores that do not sell pink slime in store-ground meat, but sell pre-packaged ground beef from suppliers that may contain pink slime :.

More on this list here. Looks like schools can opt out of pink slime soon, too. Makes sense. I expect this list to look a lot different six months from now. Comments RSS. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. Veteran pilots gather in Rancho Bernardo to swap stories. La Jolla Playhouse unveils first four shows of season. Dining and Drinking.

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What pandemic? SoCal Thanksgiving travel expected to be second busiest ever, Auto Club predicts. NOTE: Updated 2 p. The use of ammonia-treated, finely ground meat scraps has become widely known in recent months and a petition has been started to keep the ingredient out of school lunches, but the federal government and the beef industry say it is safe for human consumption.

The Daily , the iPad newspaper from News Corp. After the list was published, Albertsons ; the parent company of Vons ; and the parent company of Food 4 Less and Ralphs; all announced that they would stop using the product because of customer concerns.

No pink slime in store-ground meat, but sells prepackaged ground beef from other suppliers that contains the product :. SUPERVALU has made the decision to no longer purchase fresh ground beef containing finely textured beef for any of our traditional retail stores [including Albertsons].

We are currently working with our suppliers to implement this change. Safeway is committed to providing our customers with the highest-quality products. While the USDA and food industry experts agree that lean finely textured beef is safe and wholesome, recent news stories have caused considerable consumer concern about this product.