Animal food: beef, chicken, turkey, and eggs contain phosphorus which, with calcium, is one of the two most vital minerals of teeth and bone.

Just as with dairy products, beef can also contain natural trans fat.

The meat industry says such studies are inconclusive, and that they were done when beef contained more fat than it does today.

This low fat beef is also lower in calories, higher in protein and contains a higher percentage of Omega-3 fatty acids.

The council says a fair comparison should stress that beef and chicken contain equal amounts of cholesterol.

Dr. Douglas S. Lewis, the paper's senior author, said the soy-fortified beef contained less fat than commercially available margarine spreads that are fortified with sterols.

This beef, which the industry refers to as branded or designer beef, usually costs more than supermarket cuts, sometimes contains less fat and often comes from cattle raised without hormones or antibiotics.

Usually goetta is made from pork shoulder or "Cali", but occasionally contains equal parts pork and beef.

Currently in the U.S., only if a USDA Organic label is present can consumers know that beef contains no "pink slime."

I have to point out to you that the advice that I am receiving from the scientists in the European Commission is that the beef imported from the United States contains the hormone 17-beta-oestradiol.