Landfed — Pastured Meat
Sliced grass-finished steak on a wooden board at a family dinner table

WHAT YOU'RE EATING

You deserve to know all about it.

Every Landfed harvest is analyzed for over 150 unique markers, and nutrient density is the final measure of success. Explore the results from our latest harvests, tested by our partner Edacious.

01 / The pasture signature

Is it really grass-finished?

Testing Omega 6:3 ratio answers this question. A lower number tells us the cattle ate living, diverse grasses, forbs and browse, and no grain. Feedlot beef can be as high as 18:1.[1]

Landfed

1.55 : 1

Most grassfed

2.1 : 1[2]

Conventional benchmark

8.3 : 1[2]

Living forage biomarkers: EPA and DHA, long-chain omega-3 fatty acids were strong in the last Landfed harvest.

02 / NUTRIENT DENSITY

What the grass gives back

Diverse, living pasture is a powerhouse of nutritional possibility. How does Landfed compare to grain-finished beef? See for yourself.

3.5x[2][4]Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA)
3x[2][4]Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
1.5x[3]Magnesium
1.5x[3]Potassium

Figures are calculated using the average for each nutrient across all Landfed samples from the latest beef harvest.

All calories are not created equal

Not all food is good fuel. An 8 oz. serving of Landfed beef provides you with the following percentages of daily value (%DV), per FDA Daily Values.

81%ZINC
74%PROTEIN
64%SELENIUM
50%NIACIN (B3)
43%VITAMIN B6
31%IRON
30%PHOSPHORUS
26%RIBOFLAVIN (B2)

Figures are calculated using the average for each nutrient across all Landfed samples from the latest beef harvest.

04 / KEEPING IT CLEAN

The zero tolerance zone

What's missing matters as much as what's present. Though rare, some heavy metals have been detected in conventional beef;[5] similarly, some antibiotic residues have been detected in Raised Without Antibiotics beef.[6]

Not detectedGLYPHOSATE & AMPA
Not detectedANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES*
Not detectedARSENIC
Not detectedCADMIUM
Not detectedLEAD
Not detectedMERCURY

*Antibiotic residue testing conducted by Midwest Laboratories on behalf of Edacious. Classes tested: Chlorotetracycline, doxycycline, oxytetracycline, penicillin, tetracycline, tylosin, virginiamycin, streptomycin and erythromycin.

05 / THIRD-PARTY PARTNER

Check our work

Landfed tests every harvest on every ranch. The full nutrient density results are always in the LF member portal, and are published by Edacious Food Data.

View Edacious results

References

  1. van Vliet S; Bionutrient Food Association. Beef Nutrient Density study, first results (grain-fed sample at 17.8 : 1). Bionutrient Food Association newsletter, September 2022.
  2. Varre JV, Statham T, Smith AF, et al. (van Vliet S, senior author). Nutritional composition of beef: a comparison of commercial North American grass- and grain-finishing systems. Journal of Animal Science. 2026;104. doi:10.1093/jas/skaf436
  3. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central: raw ground beef, 90% lean / 10% fat and 80% lean / 20% fat (magnesium and potassium). USDA FoodData Central database.
  4. Daley CA, Abbott A, Doyle PS, Nader GA, Larson S. A review of fatty acid profiles and antioxidant content in grass-fed and grain-fed beef. Nutrition Journal. 2010;9:10. doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-10
  5. Weyrauch K, Duverna R, Sisco PN, Domesle A, Bilanovic I. A Survey of the Levels of Selected Metals in U.S. Meat, Poultry, and Siluriformes Fish Samples Taken at Slaughter and Retail, 2017–2022. Journal of Food Protection. 2024.
  6. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service. FSIS Announces Availability of Guideline on Substantiating Animal-Raising or Environment-Related Labeling Claims (antibiotic sampling study). USDA FSIS Constituent Update, August 30, 2024.