When shopping for beef, you’ve probably noticed that butchers label the beef with grades: premium, select, choice, canner. Plenty of butchers will boast about their best cuts of beef (these are ...

These grades are determined by the USDA, and there's eight in total, but the other five are less common. Not all beef is graded — it's a voluntary service that producers have to pay for.

Both Chipotle and Panera earned high grades, an A and A- respectively, because of both companies' long-standing responsible uses of antibiotics in beef, the report says. The chains early work in ...

Chicken and beef are popular protein sources with essential nutrients. Beef is slightly higher in protein and iron while ...

But on the bright side consumers have more access to Choice- and Prime-grade U.S. beef than ever before, which is strengthening demand thanks to the genetic improvements in beef cattle.