THE 2026 GROCERY MEAT SNAPSHOT
A closer look at
1,777 meat listings.
Organic and grass-fed answer different questions. In this snapshot of 2table’s catalog, 107 listings record USDA organic certification. Of those, 86 also record 100% grass-fed. Some answers come from brand statements or dated information; these counts describe our records, not a survey of packages on store shelves.
THE OVERLAP
Two claims.
Check for both.
Of the 107 listings with USDA organic recorded, 86 also have a 100% grass-fed answer. Another 9 say grass-fed without “100%,” and 12 have no resolved grass-fed claim.
A missing answer does not mean the animal was grain-fed.
What organic and grass-fed each meanRecorded claims, including qualified entries. Retailer listings may refer to the same food.
How much of that answer is specific to the product?
Among the 86 listings with both claims, 56 have no qualification attached to either field. The other 30 include a brand statement or a date limitation. An unqualified record is not an independent certification audit or proof of a particular package.
| Record context | Listings |
|---|---|
| Neither field has a qualification | 56 |
| Brand statement or dated information | 30 |
The download retains these qualifications. Read the current product page and match your package before using an answer to choose food.
What to look for on your next grocery trip
Grass-fed
Check the complete feeding claim. A lifetime grass-and-forage diet includes finishing; pasture access alone does not tell you the whole diet.
Read the feeding claimOrganic
Organic standards cover feed production and raising practices. Organic grain can be part of the diet, so check separately for 100% grass-fed.
Compare the two claimsNatural
On meat, this describes ingredients and processing. It does not, by itself, answer how an animal was fed or raised.
Understand “natural”THE DATA, IN CONTEXT
What we counted
This edition uses a frozen copy of 2table’s public catalog: 1,777 canonical retailer listings across 16 retail banners. Research dates run from September 9–22, 2026. It covers beef, bison, lamb and goat.
- We excluded 5 explicit aliases. The same food at different stores, different package sizes and unresolved identities can still appear more than once. These are listings, not unique foods.
- We counted the stored USDA organic certification ID and the stored grass-fed value. We did not infer either from a name, a photo, pasture access or another attribute. Conflicting fields are excluded from affirmative totals.
- Brand and date qualifications stay attached to the counts. “No qualification” describes the record, not a new verification claim.
- This is a convenience sample of our catalog, not a random sample of U.S. groceries. Counts do not measure market share, label compliance, current inventory or the quality of a retailer.
- Missing data may reflect incomplete research. We did not count physical labels read, products purchased, prices or “natural” claims; the snapshot does not support those measurements.
See the sample by retailer and species
| Retailer | Listings |
|---|---|
| ALDI | 58 |
| Costco | 238 |
| Fred Meyer | 39 |
| Fry's | 29 |
| Harris Teeter | 116 |
| King Soopers | 15 |
| Kroger | 319 |
| Mariano's | 51 |
| QFC | 31 |
| Ralphs | 22 |
| Sam's Club | 107 |
| Smith's Food and Drug | 16 |
| Sprouts Farmers Market | 96 |
| Trader Joe's | 94 |
| Walmart | 121 |
| Whole Foods Market | 425 |
| Species | Listings |
|---|---|
| Beef | 1,572 |
| Bison | 55 |
| Lamb | 140 |
| Goat | 10 |
Some banners share owners and suppliers. The retailer count is not a count of independent companies.
Download field definitions & reproducibility
Each row includes a stable listing ID, product URL, retailer, species and research date. grass_fed_claim retains the stored enum; a blank means no recorded claim. usda_organic_recorded means the exact USDA organic certification ID is present. False means absent from this record, not proven non-organic.
Semicolon-separated qualifiers describe brand-level, dated, regional, lot-varying or conflicting information. Conflict columns flag entries excluded from the relevant affirmative totals. Reproduce the organic total with recorded=true and certification_conflict=false; intersect with 100_percent_grass_fed and feed_conflict=false for the overlap.
The download is frozen; linked product pages can change. Source catalog SHA-256: 984d2d2217d5bd5755e4b2bb18741dd9d726d403b2e252ed928fbe52126a2524
Suggested citation: 2table. The 2026 grocery meat snapshot. September 24, 2026. Version 1. 2table.app/reports/grocery-meat-snapshot-2026
Suggest a correction · Published by 2table, founded by Brad McNew. No retailer paid for inclusion.