Where on earth are you shopping? I don't even think Beef Products Inc. sell this "lean, finely textured beef" as a stand alone product direct to consumers. It is a FILLER. Where are you buying this "tube" of filler that you keep referencing?
Aldi’s, Kroger (they pulled it) and Walmart.
Beef Products Inc. sells it and it’s packaged to sell in individual stores. It’s labelled “Ground Beef”.
Look, the little people need to eat too. Sorry you have never experienced the steerage section of the grocery store, but with the way this country is going, there are more of us eating this than you know.
Perhaps you don't understand how the USDA labeling works. If it says "Ground Beef" it's all beef but it can be from any part of the cow. You want Chuck or Sirloin, that's labeled as such.
If it’s a filler, what is it exactly, then?
I’m confused.
When I cook a chicken, I nibble at the bones. Am I eating the filling that’s Not-Chicken?