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Why Quality Matters In The Meat Industry?

For wholesale butchers to work in the wholesale meat industry, they are aware that certain criteria needs to be met. It seems a commonly acknowledged fact that the meat industry in the UK is held to an extremely high standard. 

To proudly sport a wholesale butchers title, the environment the meat is produced in needs to be rigorously audited before eventually dawning the title of delicious wholesale meat. Whether you are producing wholesale pork, wholesale beef or wholesale lamb, you will have to ensure the livestock have safe, clean and appropriate living conditions as well as ensuring that humane and correct procedures are followed throughout the entire process.  

So, we have decided to look at reasons as to why quality is so important in the meat wholesale industry. 

The Meat Tastes Better 

Potentially the most important reason as to why quality matters in the meat wholesale industry is the fact that products produced in accordance with higher quality regulations usually have a tastes better. 

When every potential avenue has been exhausted in regard to quality, it makes the meat all the succulent and tasty. You can tell this at every point of the cooking process. When you cook a bit of high quality meat the juices normally flow. 

This is in direct contrast to a poor quality of meat. Poor quality meat can be easily identified at the start of the cooking process. Usually if the meat, whatever type of meat that may be, is poor, the meat will not look as succulent and/or as appealing. 

It Limits a Chef’s Ability

Certain meats, like wholesale beef for example, require a delicate touch from an experienced chef to really be able to maximise the overall flavour. This is evident by the fact that there are entire restaurants, in this instance steakhouses, dedicated to expertly cooking of the meat. 

If the meat is not of decent enough quality, the chef’s ability will be extremely limited. Not only will this severely annoy the chef in question, it will drastically affect the customers overall experience. 

It Offers Great Peace Of Mind 

When eating top quality meat wholesale, you will want comfy peace of mind that every bit of care has been taken involving the production of the meat. 

Not only do you want peace of mind regarding the safety of the meat, you will want to make sure the meat will not make you ill. Additionally, you will want to ensure the meat is traceable. Traceability is one of the main priorities for meat produced in the UK. We want to know our livestock have come from a safe place. Additionally you should know they have good living conditions. 

In addition, many consumers want peace of mind that the livestock has had pleasurable and comfy living arrangements.  

Taking Care of Livestock

As previously alluded to, many customers want to know livestock have clean, comfortable and ample living spaces. The best way to convey this to your customers is by acquiring universally recognised accreditations. 

Luckily, at HP Westwood, we have multiple highly regarded accreditations. These include; the Red Tractor label and the RSPCA accreditations. This connotes that our livestock living conditions are held to an exceptional standard. 

Contact Us For Quality Meat Wholesale

If you are based in Staffordshire or surrounding areas and require quality meat wholesale, be sure to contact us. We have a wide range of top quality wholesale pork, beef and lamb products.

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