Excel® ground beef will set you apart from the herd
Everything we do is to improve product performance for the critical moment when your customers sit down to enjoy Excel® Ground Beef. We do more than any supplier we know of to affect the quality and the salability of our ground beef. Consistent performance is no accident. We strive to process and package Excel® Ground Beef in ways to promote the eating quality and food safety – and, when your customers take it home, so it just plain eats better.
Look for us to be competitive. Don't expect us to take shortcuts. That is a path we aren't prepared to travel.
Enduring color
Consistent, sustainable color is an Excel® Ground Beef hallmark. It can be attributed to four key factors:
- Aggressively controlled micro counts
- Pigment values in raw material formulation
- Chub-chilling systems
- Computerized lean-point targeting program
Pure flavor
Maximize the chance your customers will come back for more. So that every bit of ground beef is as good as the first, we employ state-of-the-art technology to help detect and remove bone chips, connective tissue and fat chunks - those things that can really get in the way of enjoying great-tasting meals created with great-tasting ground beef.
Exceptional shelf life
Plan on full-price rings in your meat case and fewer throw-aways in your back room. Our secrets? We utilize multiple processes to rapidly extract heat from the product in-plant to extend shelf life.
Relentless innovation
We do everything possible to provide you with quality ground beef that keeps its color longer, and ultimately delivers a superior taste for that critical moment in a consumer’s meal. From our industry-leading food safety interventions to our packaging process technology – we strive to deliver conveniently packaged ground beef that reduces waste and shrink, saves labor and produces higher store rings.
Chain of identity
Easier is always better. Our convenient coding system on individual ground beef chubs simplified inventory management and traceability. The first of its kind in the industry, it details which plant, line and time the ground beef was processed, the use/freeze by date, production period and includes the product description with the brand name. We run all Excel® Ground Beef through the Test & Hold process, all the while maintaining strict cold-chain standards.
Early HACCP plan
Cargill Meat Solutions voluntarily implemented a HACCP plan years before taking such steps was federally mandated.
We have a long track record of technological leadership:
- Carcass mapping
- Hide-washing
- VerifEYE®* scanner installation
- Thermal pasteurization
- RediFresh™ meat packaging technology
- Third-party labs in-house
Pioneering packaging formats
- Individual chubs are uniquely identified
- State-of-the-art technology
- Carefully designed packaging to protect product for arrival at your store
Information on packaging improves:
- Traceability
- Inventory management
* VerifEYE® is a registered trademark of eMerge Interactive, Inc.
