Restaurant hamburger "60% lean" Say what!?!

[Conan The Librarian]

I was reading Food Network magazine and they had a feature on restaurant hamburgers, one feature duplicating a burger served by a chain restaurant. They said the beef patty was "60 percent lean". Say what? that's 40% fat. In something like that the meat is just there to keep the fat from running all over the plate.

[Old Syko]

Ummmmm not really.  60% lean leaves 40% to be something else alright but not necessarily just fat.  Even fat is more expensive than bean meal, sawdust, and.........Need I say more?