Beef, diced, separable lean, raw

Raw beef, purchased diced and likely to be from various regions of the carcase. Lean muscle meat only, with all possible internal and external separable fat removed.

Proximates are from a composite of 10 samples of diced beef purchased from 10 supermarkets/butchers in Melbourne and Sydney in 2002. Most vitamins, minerals and fatty acids are from a pooled sample of stir-fry and diced cuts using the samples gathered for proximate analysis. B5, B6 and B12 are imputed from Rump Steak (MLA 2007). Iodine was calculated from the 22nd ATDS, 2004 value for Beef, steak, grilled, lean. Vitamin C is imputed from a composite sample of lean blade steak purchased from 9 butchers/supermarkets in Adelaide during 1988. Tryptophan is imputed from mince and rump steak samples from the 2006 and 2008 Key Foods Programs. Starch, fibre, individual sugars and ethanol are imputed zero.