I've been meaning to post this for a while as you can probably tell from the "Best By" date on this joint of beef. You can't read the ingredients list very well but here's what it says underneath "small silverside with added basting fat":
Beef (87%), Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil
I really have to take Sainsbury's to task over this. I can understand them adding fat to a lean cut of beef so it stays moister during cooking but why would you add vegetable fat to a joint of meat?
It can't be to try and persude vegetarians to try eating beef and I hope I don't have to explain why I don't think this can't be the case!
It can't be on the grounds of cost because it must be cheaper when butchering the cow to use fat from the animal itself.
It can't be on the grounds of health because last time I looked into it, the World Health Organisation reported that Palm Oil wasn't particularly healthy compared to other kinds of fats.
It can't be on the grounds of fewer air miles because this was a UK Farm Assured joint and Palm Oil trees only thrive in the tropics so why on earth has Sainsbury's done this?!
It's matured for tenderness but still needs palm oil as a constituent?!!!
ReplyDeleteGood point, Maureen. I'll add that to my letter. I'll be writing to Sainsbury's on Sunday. Thanks!
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