Is grass-finished beef richer in nutrients like Vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids than conventionally raised beef?
All beef is an excellent or good source of nine essential nutrients we need every day. Every kind of beef – including grass-finished beef – is naturally nutrient-rich with eight times more vitamin B12, six times more zinc, and two and a half times more iron than a skinless chicken breast. Beef has small amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, but no kind of beef is considered a primary source of omega-3 fatty acids. Grass-finished beef has slightly higher amounts of this fatty acid, but still not enough to be a primary source. The same is true for Vitamin E – no specific type of beef is considered a primary source, although grass-finished beef has about 4 percent of the Daily Value of Vitamin E, about double the amount in conventional beef.
