Niman Ranch's Quality Assurance

Great taste is the goal at Niman Ranch, achieved through their strict animal husbandry guidelines that include treating their animals humanely, feeding them all-natural feeds, and allowing them to mature naturally. This commitment has established Niman Ranch's reputation for the best-tasting meats available.

By working with a network of independent family farmers, Niman Ranch controls their meat all the way from the farm until it reaches our customers. Most meat in the United States goes through many distribution layers before it reaches the consumer. Niman Ranch knows where and how each piece of meat is produced and provide direct feedback to their farmers and ranchers about quality.

Finest Feeds: Niman Ranch has never fed any meat or animal by-products to its livestock. All the grains Niman Ranch feeds its livestock are fit for human consumption. They never give their livestock growth-promoting antibiotics or hormones. While the USDA banned the use of mammalian bonemeal in 1997, regulations still allow the use of such questionable ingredients as chicken feathers, chicken manure and fishmeal.
Finest Breeds: Niman Ranch selects the finest genetics for our beef, a cross of Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn. Niman Ranch never slaughters downer cattle.
Traceability: At Niman Ranch, we know where our cattle have been throughout their lives, from birth on the ranch to delivery of the final cut. In addition, our cattle are the first slaughtered and cut at our slaughterhouse, insuring there is no cross-contamination with other cattle. This ability to track our product is a vital tool to delivering on our promise of superior taste and food safety. In industrial meat operations, cattle from many sources are homogenized eliminating the ability to track the origin of the product.

Once the meat, lamb, and pork reach Niman Ranch's facility, their skilled team of butchers portions the meat daily to customers' specifications. They conduct tastings of thier product regularly to ensure that it meets their rigorous taste standards.

Today, Niman Ranch's ranchers, butchers, office staff, and drivers are fulfilling the vision upon which the company was founded to bring the best possible meat to customers while practicing the highest standards of husbandry and environmental stewardship.