Mystery meat

Mystery meat is a disparaging term for meat products, typically ground or otherwise processed, such as burger patties, chicken nuggets, Spam, Salisbury steaks, sausages, or hot dogs, that have an unidentifiable source. Most often the term is used in reference to food served in institutional cafeterias, such as prison food or an American public school lunch.[1][2]

For other uses, see Mystery meat (disambiguation).

The term is also sometimes applied to meat products where the species from which the meat has come from is known, but the cuts of meat used are unknown. This is often the case where the cuts of meat used include offal and mechanically separated meat, or when non-meat substitutes such as textured vegetable protein are used to stretch the meat, where explicitly stating the type of meat used might diminish the perceived palatability of the product to some consumers.

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References
  1. Dodd, D. Aileen (2019-11-10). "Gwinnett school to become site for swine flu shots". AJC.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  2. "No more mystery meat! Some schools go organic for lunch". USA Today. Associated Press. 2004-09-12.


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