Mince Beef from Lidl

Hi advice needed. Bought some mince beef from Lidl the other day and cooked it.I normally boil it to get rid of the fat.The broth is normally geyish brown in colour. However on this occasion the broth was red in colour after 30 minutes cooking. Any ideas why its like this.Do Lidl put a red dye in their mince?

I find Lidl's beef mince terrible, it's a horrible taste. I buy Mercadona's, it's excellent & I buy the kg pack as it's very good value buying that size.

It's not actually mince beef it's mixta which I think is pork and beef so that maybe why and thats always put me off buying it.

I get my minced beef from Consum they even do a minced beef specifically for spagbol very tasty.

Minced beef from hamiltons, excellant

Pure steak mince from The Chop Shop, delicious!!

I have to say I have never had a problem with mince from Lidl, but do think the best mince is from Rio butchers.

shelzbelz wrote:It's not actually mince beef it's mixta which I think is pork and beef so that maybe why and thats always put me off buying it.

I get my minced beef from Consum they even do a minced beef specifically for spagbol very tasty.

They do both at Lidl mixed and plain it says what it is on the packet.

I always buy beef mince from Lidl and have always found it lean and with hardly any fat. Beef mince is Vacuna. They also do beef and pork mince which is lighter in colour and is called mixta on the package . Personally I am not keen on the mixta as there is more fat comes out when cooking and of course it does have a different taste

You can get pure beef mince from GAMA, Spervalue or Consum. Pure beef without any additives. In all three outlets, you can buy the beef you like and ask them to mince it for you at no charge. We always buy are mince this way. You don't know whats in packs.

omarell wrote:Hi advice needed. Bought some mince beef from Lidl the other day and cooked it.I normally boil it to get rid of the fat.The broth is normally geyish brown in colour. However on this occasion the broth was red in colour after 30 minutes cooking. Any ideas why its like this.Do Lidl put a red dye in their mince?

I like Spanish sausages. They are red in colour and I have always been under the impression that its Paprika that makes them red and the liquid/fat that comes out of them when cooking is red. So the redness of the liquid in their mince could possibly be the Paprika that they put in the mince, particularly as mentioned above that they do a mixed pork & beef mince.


Jan