When you see a grass-fed label on your meat and dairy products, you can be sure that the animals were pasture/range raised and fed a diet of 100% forage. Since the animals roam on green pastures, they graze on protein-rich grasses rather than grains. This helps enhance the taste and nutritional value.
Benefits of Eating Grass-fed Beef
It’s no surprise that a diet rich in greens makes for better health benefits! When compared to grain-fed meats, grass-fed products have the following characteristics:*
- Lower in total fat
- Higher in beta-carotene
- Higher in vitamin E
- Higher in B vitamins (thiamin and riboflavin)
- Higher in minerals (calcium, magnesium and potassium)
- Higher in total omega-3s
Benefits of Grass-fed Dairy
While grass-fed dairy contains the same amounts of protein, calcium and vitamin D that conventionally farmed dairy does, it also has a couple of advantages over its grain-fed counterpart:**
- Higher in conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)
- Higher in total omega-3s
Find It at Sprouts
Roam over to The Butcher Shop at Sprouts and check out our grass-fed options (dependent on location). Taste the difference and enjoy the clean, earthy flavor of our grass-fed beef! Don’t stop there, check out our grass-fed dairy options, like yogurt and milk, as well.
*Source:
Environmental Working Group
**Source:
American Diary Association
VIEW ALL
