Beef

32 products ranked by Scout score

Force of Nature Grass Fed Beef Ancestral Blend

#1 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Frontière Natural Meats Organic Ground Beef 90% Lean

#2 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
White Oak Pastures Grassfed Ground Beef

#3 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed 100% Grass Fed Ground Beef

#4 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Eel River Organic Grass-Fed Ground Beef 93% Lean

#5 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Richards Regenerative Grass Fed Ground Beef

#6 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Alderspring Ranch Organic Grass-Fed Regenerative Ribeye

#7 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Stemple Creek Ranch Grass-Fed Regeneratively Raised 80/20 Ground Beef

#8 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Mariposa Ranch Grass Fed, Grass Finished New York Strip Steak

#9 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Shirttail Creek Farm Grass Fed, Grass Finished Bone In Ribeye

#10 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
White Oak Pastures Beef Ribeye Steak

#11 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed 100% Grass Fed Ribeye Beef Steak

#12 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Force of Nature 100% Grass-Fed Beef New York Strip

#13 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
REP Provisions Grass-Fed Grass-Finished Beef Steak

#14 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Primal Pastures Grass-Fed Beef Ribeye

#15 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Nature's Promise Organic Grass-Fed Beef Ribeye Steak

#16 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Organic Rancher Organic Beef New York Strip Steak

#17 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Full Circle Market 100% Grass Fed Organic Ground Beef

#18 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Verde Farms Beef From A Better Place 85% Lean

#19 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Sainsbury's 30 Days Matured British Beef Ribeye Steak So Organic

#20 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
WD Butcher's Farms Ribeye Steak

#21 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Eel River Organic Primal Blend Ground Beef with Beef Heart & Liver

#22 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Teton Waters Ranch 100% Grass Fed Beef Sandwich Patties

#23 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Dakota 100% Grass Fed Beef Organic Ground Beef 90% Lean 10% Fat

#24 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Dierbergs Choice Angus Beef Stew Meat

#25 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Firstlight Grassfed Wagyu Fillet Steak

#26 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Grass-Fed Sliced Beef Sirloin

#27 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
ButcherBox NY Strip Steak

#28 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Simple Truth 100% Grass-Fed Organic Beef

#29 NOVA 1 · Minimally processed
Teton Waters Ranch 100% Grass Fed Beef Hot Dogs

#30 NOVA 3 · Processed
Perfecta Plant-Based Marbled Steak

#31 NOVA 4 · Ultra-processed
Perfecta Plant-Based Filet Mignon

#32 NOVA 4 · Ultra-processed

Best beef right now

Force of Nature Grass Fed Beef Ancestral Blend 100/100
Scout's analysis: Force of Nature Grass Fed Beef Ancestral Blend scores 100/100. Made with just three ingredients: 100% grass fed beef, beef liver, and beef heart. Regeneratively sourced…
Frontière Natural Meats Organic Ground Beef 90% Lean 100/100
Scout's analysis: USDA certified organic ground beef from Frontière Natural Meats raised entirely on pasture with 100% grass and forage diet. No antibiotics, no added hormones, no GMO…
White Oak Pastures Grassfed Ground Beef 100/100
Scout's analysis: White Oak Pastures Grassfed Ground Beef scores 100/100. From a six-generation, 158-year-old family farm in Bluffton, Georgia that raises, grazes, and hand-butchers…

What to skip

Perfecta Plant-Based Filet Mignon 1/100
Scout's analysis: Perfecta Plant-Based Filet Mignon scores 1/100. It is a 3D-printed imitation filet from Steakholder Foods: a soy-flour paste bound with methylcellulose, colored with…
Perfecta Plant-Based Marbled Steak 1/100
Scout's analysis: Perfecta Plant-Based Marbled Steak scores 1/100. It is a 3D-printed imitation steak from Steakholder Foods, built from two pastes printed in layers: soy flour as the…
Teton Waters Ranch 100% Grass Fed Beef Hot Dogs 75/100
Scout's analysis: Grass-fed beef hot dogs from Teton Waters Ranch featuring 100% grass-fed beef with no nitrates or nitrites added. Uncured using celery powder. No antibiotics or…

Ingredients to watch in beef

The flagged ingredients that show up most often across these 32 products. Each link opens Scout's analysis of the ingredient.

No Organic Certification in 3 of 32
Soy Flour in 2 of 32
Rapeseed Oil in 2 of 32
Natural Flavoring in 2 of 32

What the better beef have in common

100% Grass-Fed & Grass-Finished in 17 of 32
Beef in 5 of 32
Regeneratively Raised in 5 of 32
No Antibiotics or Added Hormones in 4 of 32
Born, Raised & Processed in the USA in 2 of 32

Common questions about beef

What scores highest in beef on Scout?

Force of Nature Grass Fed Beef Ancestral Blend leads Scout's beef ranking at 100/100, followed by Frontière Natural Meats Organic Ground Beef 90% Lean (100) and White Oak Pastures Grassfed Ground Beef (100). Scores compare products within the category on ingredients, processing, packaging and any lab results.

What should I avoid in beef?

Perfecta Plant-Based Filet Mignon scores 1/100, the lowest of the 32 products Scout has analyzed in beef; next lowest are Perfecta Plant-Based Marbled Steak (1) and Teton Waters Ranch 100% Grass Fed Beef Hot Dogs (75). Each product page lists the ingredients behind the number.

What drags scores down in beef?

Across these 32 products the most common flagged ingredients are No Organic Certification, Soy Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Natural Flavoring. Each appears in at least two of the products ranked here.

How does Scout score beef?

Every product in beef gets one 1–100 score for comparison within its category: the full ingredient list judged by a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. Lab results are disclosed, not scored. Scout takes no payment for scores or placement.

How Scout scores beef

One 1–100 score per product, judged within its category: every ingredient on the label through a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. No brand pays for a score or a position on this list. Read the full methodology →