Monday, December 19, 2011

What's the difference between USDA Prime and USDA Choice?

Basically, more fat marbling throughout the meat. As you can tell from the following photos, Prime Grade (on the right) has much more fat marbling throughout the meat than the Choice Grade (on the left).
usda-choice-rib-roast.jpg usda-prime-rib-roast.jpg
usda-choice-closeup.jpg usda-prime-closeup.jpg

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