Where did the meat go?

Brianna Buseman Author

04/30/2021 Added

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Often times when an animal is butchered, there are questions regarding where the lost weight went. This video explains the process and what happened to the “lost” weight using a pineapple as an example.

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[00:00:01.070]My name is Brianna Boozman,
[00:00:02.620]and I am the youth meet extension educator
[00:00:05.030]at University of Nebraska.
[00:00:07.380]When an animal is butchered it's often surprising
[00:00:10.120]how much weight is lost during the harvest process.
[00:00:13.490]For example, if you bring a 1400 pound steer
[00:00:16.850]to your local locker, you'll likely only get
[00:00:20.441]about 500 pounds of meat in return.
[00:00:22.600]And we get a lot of questions about where
[00:00:25.230]that product could have possibly gone.
[00:00:28.481]And so today I'm going to explain where that product went
[00:00:31.340]and how that occurs by using this pineapple as our example.
[00:00:36.280]And no, it's not as great as a steak or a roast
[00:00:39.000]but it will work for a good example today.
[00:00:42.087]When a beef animal is harvested, the head, hide, hooves,
[00:00:46.540]blood, viscera, or the internal organs are all removed.
[00:00:51.920]Similarly, when we first start to cut up a pineapple,
[00:00:56.170]we have to start by removing the top,
[00:00:59.190]the bottom, and the side portions.
[00:01:03.130]At this point during the harvest process of a market animal,
[00:01:08.563]we are left with our carcass, which contains meat
[00:01:12.610]or the muscle, bones, fat, and connective tissue.
[00:01:18.250]We get to that point with our pineapple.
[00:01:21.071]We are now left with the flesh or the fruit.
[00:01:23.930]These extra pieces that will need to be trimmed off
[00:01:27.530]as well as the core.
[00:01:31.200]Later, the carcass is fabricated or cut into retail cuts.
[00:01:35.930]And to do this, we can't immediately cut the full carcass
[00:01:39.750]into steaks and roasts.
[00:01:41.580]We have to start by first cutting that carcass
[00:01:45.863]into Primals or large sections.
[00:01:48.350]And this will then give us a good starting point
[00:01:51.910]to be able to cut those retail cuts at a future time.
[00:01:59.439]Similarly, with our pineapple, we can now cut the pineapple
[00:02:04.010]into our large portions.
[00:02:07.369]At this point, some of the excess bones
[00:02:09.560]or our core have been removed.
[00:02:13.968]Now that we have our big Primals or our large portions
[00:02:16.480]of the pineapple, we can then remove any excess trimmings
[00:02:21.570]that we need to and this is similar to what happens
[00:02:23.830]in the fabrication process for a beef carcass.
[00:02:29.443]So at that point, any excess fat
[00:02:31.911]or excess bone can be trimmed off and removed.
[00:02:36.391]In a pineapple we're going to remove any
[00:02:39.200]of these excess spots that would not be good to consume.
[00:02:54.340]Once the extra trimming has been done,
[00:02:56.620]we can now cut our retail cuts.
[00:03:00.187]For a beef carcass, these retail cuts are going
[00:03:02.865]to include things like your steaks and your roast,
[00:03:06.170]but they can also be further processed into things
[00:03:10.244]like hamburger or sausages
[00:03:12.750]or any other further process products that you may then see
[00:03:17.863]at the grocery store.
[00:03:19.150]So at this point, once all of the cutting has been done,
[00:03:23.464]in a beef animal you're going to be left
[00:03:25.524]with your boneless, closely trimmed retail cuts
[00:03:29.414]or your steaks, your roasts, the product
[00:03:32.364]that you can actually see at the grocery store.
[00:03:35.060]And with pineapple, we're now left with our edible fruit.
[00:03:41.660]It may seem like there's a lot
[00:03:43.170]of waste that goes into this process.
[00:03:46.509]You can see here on this cutting board, there's a lot
[00:03:49.520]of extra waste that we're not actually going to consume.
[00:03:52.742]And you may be wondering, where did all
[00:03:54.754]of that extra weight go that came
[00:03:57.745]from the animal when it was harvested?
[00:03:59.980]That weight is known as drop credit or off fall
[00:04:04.500]or some other terms as well in the industry
[00:04:07.220]and can be used for many different things.
[00:04:10.796]So none of the weight is actually lost.
[00:04:12.500]You may actually see it used
[00:04:15.105]in a lot of items that you have in your house.
[00:04:19.179]Anything from gummy bears, gummy worms, marshmallows, gum,
[00:04:23.020]jello, anything that contains gelatin is likely
[00:04:26.710]from the meat industry.
[00:04:29.820]Soaps or laundry detergent or laundry softeners
[00:04:35.764]also can contain animal fat to help
[00:04:37.230]with that softening process.
[00:04:40.075]Additionally, cosmetics have a lot
[00:04:41.570]of products that come from the animal industry.
[00:04:45.420]Of course, pet food
[00:04:46.650]we can see some of those byproducts go into
[00:04:51.841]as well as sporting equipment, medicines,
[00:04:54.330]all kinds of different items contain byproducts
[00:04:58.530]from the meat industry and so because of that,
[00:05:02.601]we really can use everything but the Moo.
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