"lean finely textured beef" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lean finely textured beef (uncountable)
  1. (meat industry, US) A meat byproduct produced from otherwise unusable material such as skin and connective, spinal, and digestive tissues by heating and then mixing with ammonia in a centrifuge to produce a food additive. Wikipedia link: Pink slime Tags: US, uncountable Synonyms: pink slime, soylent pink, boneless lean beef trimmings (alt: BLBT), LFTB, lean, finely textured beef
    Sense id: en-lean_finely_textured_beef-en-noun-jDp13nbi Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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