A Heart Healthy Choice
Beef can be a lean choice. Choosing leaner meats (such as lean and extra lean beef) is part of healthy eating. And there are lots of popular beef cuts and ground beef to choose from, including strip loin, flank, and lean ground chuck.
Canadian Beef is Lean
Nutrition information based on beef trimmed of external fat (0-inch trim) |
Lean Beef Choices
(100 grams raw meat) |
Fat
(grams) |
| Eye of Round |
5 |
| Inside Round |
5 |
| Sirloin Tip |
5 |
| Top Sirloin |
6 |
| Strip Loin |
8 |
| Flank |
8 |
| Cross Rib |
9 |
| Outside Round |
9 |
| Extra Lean Ground Sirloin or Round |
10 |
| Extra Lean Ground Beef |
10 |
| Lean Ground Sirloin, Round or Chuck |
15 |
| Lean Ground Beef |
15 |
Not all freshly packaged lean Canadian beef cuts and ground beef will be labeled with the fat content; but if you are choosing beef from the list above, rest assured that your choice is lean.
Good To Know
Recent research has shown that lean beef can be included in effective cholesterol-lowering diets. Studies suggest that lower fat diets that include lean beef are just as effective in lowering total blood cholesterol as lower fat diets that include chicken or fish.1
1 Davidson MH, et al. Arch Internal Med. 1999; 159: 1331-1338.