pink slime

Etymology
Apparently first applied to food in 2002 by Food Safety and Inspection Service microbiologist Gerald Zirnstein.

Noun

 * 1)  An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper.
 * 2)  A meat byproduct produced from scraps by heating and then treating with ammonia to produce a food additive.
 * 3)  Low-quality, mass-produced internet content, especially AI-generated.
 * 1)  Low-quality, mass-produced internet content, especially AI-generated.
 * 1)  Low-quality, mass-produced internet content, especially AI-generated.
 * 1)  Low-quality, mass-produced internet content, especially AI-generated.
 * 1)  Low-quality, mass-produced internet content, especially AI-generated.

Usage notes
This term is primarily used by critics of the product. The meat industry and product labels use the terms lean finely textured beef and boneless lean beef trimmings.

Synonyms

 * (LFTB), boneless lean beef trimmings (BLBT)

Translations

 * Finnish: vaaleanpunainen lima
 * Russian: ро́зовая слизь


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 粉紅肉渣
 * Finnish: muu lihaan verrattava valmistusaine
 * German: rosa Schleim
 * Russian: ро́зовая слизь
 * Spanish: baba rosada, baba rosa, viscosidad rosada