Heritage Farm Seasoned Beef Patties — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates Heritage Farm Seasoned Beef Patties by Heritage Farm ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

Real beef cut with soy filler and tinted with caramel color to look beefier than it is.

Why this verdict

• Beef is stretched with textured vegetable protein (soy flour) — it's not all meat
• Caramel color added purely to fake a richer, beefier look
• High in sodium and saturated fat
• Some lots use encapsulated salt carrying fully hydrogenated oil

Ingredients (6)

• Beef (safe) — Whole-food protein source and the dominant ingredient; supplies the 12g protein.
• Water (safe) — First ingredient by weight; this pudding is mostly water, not milk.
• Textured vegetable protein (soy flour) (moderate) — A cheap soy filler used to extend the meat — cuts cost, not a quality upgrade.
• caramel color (moderate) — Cosmetic coloring with no nutritional value, can contain 4-MEI
• Salt (moderate) — Ready meals tend to run salt-heavy; watch the sodium.
• white pepper (safe) — Ordinary spice, no concern.