Beef

Pros

None.

Cons

• Could be beef from a UK zero-grazing feedlot.
• Could be imported.
• Animals may be legally and painfully mutilated.
• Significant environmental impact.
• Cow farms pollute more often than other animal farms.

Pros

• Expected to adhere to UK welfare and environmental laws.

Cons

• Could be beef from an indoor, zero-grazing feedlot.
• Animals may be legally and painfully mutilated.
• Significant environmental impact, including lower compliance with environmental laws than non-Red Tractor farms.
• Highly polluting.

Pros

• Cows must have access to some pasture.

Cons

• Cows may only be outside four hours a day for less than four months.
• Cows can still be legally mutilated.
• Significant environmental costs in terms of land use, biodiversity loss, and climate impact.

Pros

• Cows must have access to pasture for a significant part of the year.
• No mutilations permitted.

Cons

• Significant environmental impact including largest land footprint of all beef.