Go Ahead. Eat Pink Slime.

Of all the gross-out stories about food that have broken the Internet in recent years — maggots in mushrooms, “wood chips” in shredded cheese, bug bits in chocolate bars — nothing has captured the public imagination more than “pink slime.”

 Is 'pink slime' really bad for you?

The bottom line is that "pink slime" isn't any worse than the stuff you'd find in "yellow nuggets, brown breakfast sausage patties, or any number of mystery meat products," says The Atlantic's Levaux. "And for what it's worth, it isn't even slimy."

 Is It Time to Embrace Pink Slime?

Lean Finely Trimmed Beef, which can be found in most of America's pre-made burger patties, has many vocal critics. But is it any worse than what's used to make other processed meats?

 Is It Wrong to Feed Pink Slime to Our Children in School Lunches?

Here's the dilemma: Pink slime solves a serious food safety problem and is nutritious, but it violates many cultural norms here in the U.S.

 Is Pink Slime Bad for Your Health?

There's no question that pink slime is gross. But is it really a health hazard?

 Pink Slime: High-Tech Charcuterie

As is often the case, I'm guessing the industrial-scale transformation of cow trimmings into lean textured beef is nowhere near as delicious as high-quality artisanal products. But the food world is full of price/quality/convenience tradeoffs. And the basic thing the meat companies were doing with the "slime" is exactly what vendors of sausage and pâté and the like have been doing from time immemorial.

 Prime Time For Pink Slime: BPI's Defamation Case Against ABC Heads To Trial

UPDATE: Walt Disney Co. paid Beef Products, Inc. (BPI) $177 million, in addition to insurance recoveries, to settle the "pink slime" defamation lawsuit against its ABC network.

 The “Pink Slime” in Your Kid’s School Lunch

Like a horror-film villain, “pink slime”—the cheeky nickname for scraps of slaughtered cow that have been pulverized, defatted, subjected to ammonia steam to kill pathogens, and congealed into a filler for ground beef—takes a pounding but keeps coming back.

 What if It Weren’t Called Pink Slime?

As unfair as this episode has been, industry and government should take it as a warning. Americans need to know more about the food they eat, and the efforts being taken to ensure that it is safe.

 Why You Should Learn to Love Pink Slime

With no health or nutrition gains to be had, I don't see how the pink slime critics claim the moral high ground here. This is another example of society engaging in potentially costly signaling just to show each other that we care.

'Pink Slime' Makes Comeback as Beef Prices Spike

The resurgence is being driven, in part, by an aversion to something many consumers and companies find even less pleasant than the pink-slime nickname: red-hot prices.

'Pink Slime' Was Almost 'Pink Goo'

How did one of the perfectly apt descriptions of a product come about? When it comes to "pink slime" (AKA, lean finely textured beef), it turns out the name arose in exactly the way you'd expect.

ABC’s ‘Pink Slime’ Report Tied to $177 Million in Settlement

“Through this process, we have again established what we all know to be true about lean, finely textured beef: it is beef and is safe, wholesome and nutritious,” the company said in the statement.

Does Pink Slime Have a New Relative in the Form of Meat Glue?

Much like pink slime, the use of “meat glue” (aka transglutaminase) is not something that’s been publicized much — until recently. The process of using meat glue requires taking a powder-like substance, mixing it in a bowl with some water and then using it to coat various pieces of meat before forming them into a filet mignon (or other type of cut) shape.

Jamie Oliver & The Pink Slime

I have been trying to eat organic for a while now and have lately been leaning toward a meatless (at least red) existence, and if this piece of information wasn't the kicker I don't know what is. The USDA, in all their infinite wisdom, has said that is it perfectly fine to cleanse the beef with ammonia, after all it kills the e-coli, and even the mad cow disease. Oh that's just perfect! Anyone for a burger?

Let Them Eat Slime

Cutting corners to save money is old news but when it comes to food, we always seem to be shocked when we discover the details of those corners. When ABC News reported an estimated 70 percent of ground beef sold in this country contains filler made from ammonium hydroxide-treated beef scraps or pink slime, the public went nuts. Yet pink slime is a perfectly legal additive that has long been used by meat processors. It does not even have to be listed on the label.

Pink Slime, Deconstructed

The low-cost, nutritious school lunch has long been an American institution. Smaller school budgets and larger student populations have led to schools cutting costs wherever possible. When industrial beef producers suggested a newer, cheaper meat alternative back in the early ‘90s, cash-strapped school districts happily agreed.

Pink Slime: What's Really at Stake

As the furor over using lean finely textured beef in our pre-made hamburgers continues to heat up, Marion Nestle provides a summary of the debate and poses some new questions.

What Might Replace ‘Pink Slime’?

Unfortunate? Come again? What could be worse than ingesting ammonia-soaked cow scraps? Eating E. coli-infected cow scraps, Mr. Waldrop said.