English

Alternative forms

• BLBT

Noun

boneless lean beef trimmings pl ‎(plural only)

1. (in the meat industry, on product packaging, euphemistic) lean finely textured beef.
   • 2003, Dickson et al, Impact of pH enhancement on populations of Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and Escherichia coli Ol57:H7 in boneless lean beef trimmings, in Food Protection Trends, volume 25 (2005), page 21
   • 2006, in Food engineering, volume 78, page 94 :

     Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings are lean and flavorful ingredients that are essential to processing a range of lean, high-quality, and cost- effective products that millions of Americans consume every day.

Usage notes

This name is often used by manufacturers, as it connotes that the product is traditional beef and not a chemically-processed meat substitute, which is the connotation of "pink slime", the term many critics of the product use. Often written "lean, finely textured beef".