Yep, organic it is. Or buy stew meat and grind your own. I don’t trust some stores to be honest. I had been buying the 93% lean ground beef for the past 3 years for meatloaf. I have a pan that has a rack in it to keep the loaf up out of the grease and let it drain.
Early on I had very little liquid in the bottom of the pan. So little that it would all be in one corner and would bake on and the loaf didn’t pull away from the sides of the pan.
The last few times, there is about half an inch of liquid that covers the hole bottom of the pan, plus the loaf shrinks a LOT. About a half inch gap on all sides. The worst thing is that it doesn’t even taste the same. The store claims they don’t use the pink slime, but I don’t believe them. They don’t have to list it, so I think they think that the consumer will not figure it out.
You’re a wise shopper and know what you’re doing.
{I can tell you’re a great cook, too}.
I grew up on a ranch and we raised Black Angus cattle.
No need to say more. LOL