To throw this mince away? Pic included

[Goneoffmorrisons]

So I just got my shopping delivered just now, and I don't know what to do with this mince. It doesn't smell bad bad, but it's the colour that's putting me off even though it's got the date 25th June on it. WWYD?

I'd throw it away and complain to the supermarket for a refund.

It’s just trying oxidised by the look of it, I’d eat it happily

It'll be fine as long as it smells okay

It will be fine once it's cooked.

Oh bin that but get a refund if possible. It’s definitely off.

I don’t mind a little bit of brown on mince, but the whole lot? Nope.

It might technically be safe to eat but will have that ‘tainted’ taste. I’d return it.

It’s not definitely off. I mean, it might be, but that’s just the colour mince is supposed to be. Bright red isn’t mince’s natural colour, it’s been oxidised.

We're mostly used to red show-quality meat which is freshly killed and bright red (and not at all tender without slow cooking). When you buy 28 day old Angus beef (for example) it's been hung, the lysosomes (destructive enzymes) in the cells of the meat help to break down its tough texture and you get tenderised meat nature's way....and it's brown and oxidised. Your meat will be fine and maybe slightly nicer than usual.

Looks disgusting. Only place is the bin for it.

Instead of wasting food listen to the people who are telling you it's fine. It hardly looks appetising when it's red either does it?

Fuck that. Looks like that poor cow died in WW2. No. Just no.

It's fine. When I ate meat I used to wait till mince went that colour before using it because it tastes nicer then.

Don't bin it!!

It is fine. It is because they add gases to beef to make it look red, which isn’t natural. As long as it smells and is within date I would eat it

Bleugh.

I'd definitely bin it

I'd eat it provide it smells ok. That is just oxidized, totally normal.

(Btw... it would be interesting to know the average age of those saying it's ok and those saying bin it. I don't know at what point people became convinced that bright red meat is the only kind that's ok to eat, but I think it's relatively recent.)

I agree, hillrunner. When did meat the colour of dead meat, a few hours post death, i. e. brownish become bleurgh?

The blood has oxidised and gone brown. If it's in date and smells ok, I'd cook and eat it.

Bin it because if it’s oxidised it doesn’t just mean air has got to it, it means oxygen has got to the bacteria in the mince and it has started breeding. If this was steak then fine keep it because the bacteria cannot penetrate into the meat through the thick fibrous tissue but mince has been churned so all the bacteria is mixed through the meat. Don’t eat it.

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It's in date and doesn't smell. Meat doesn't naturally look pink when it is aged. It will be fine and probably taste better than the normal tasteless pink stuff.

I can't believe how many people would throw away perfectly good meat.

It doesn't smell bad, but it doesn't have that 'fresh meat' smell either. I'll cook it and see if we can eat it.

No way on earth I'd eat that. Pic, complain, refund!

I opened a pack like this last week, sniffed it, or smelt fine, it was in date...so I used it. My dad was a butcher for 40+ years, and I’ve asked him about similar mince before. He told me you’d definitely know of it was off!