Somewhere between the optimistically named "lean finely textured beef" and the over-the-top "pink slime" has got to be a more trustworthy definition of what is going into that hamburger.

Somewhere between the optimistically named “lean finely textured beef” and the over-the-top “pink slime” has got to be a more trustworthy definition of what is going into that hamburger.

For sure, we're a cheap meat economy. And as long as that's the case, the industry will never really change. The additive slimed as pink slime may disappear, but something else will replace it ...