🥩 Six Secrets to Buying Lamb

1. It's All About the Cut

Be guided by the lamb cut and weight recommended in your recipe. Need advice on the best cut for your meal? Ask your butcher.

2. Give It the Once Over

Freshly cut lamb should be a dark cherry-red colour.

3. Be Quality Confident

Meat Standards South Africa grades lamb to make sure you tuck into tender, juicy, and tasty meat every time. Look for the ‘Meat Standards South Africa Graded’ stamp on lamb packaging for trusted quality.

4. Thrifty Cuts Are In!

Lesser-known cuts like ribs are easy on the pocket, full-flavoured, and worthy of their slow-cooking hype. Give them a tasty whirl.

Lamb mince is another economic cut. Think crowd-pleasing shepherd’s pie, moussaka, burgers, and more.

5. Check Pre-Packed Lamb

You’re looking for a fair use-by date and packs that are well-chilled, undamaged, and properly sealed so the juices can’t escape.

6. Don’t Cook Lamb in the Car

It sure gets hot here. So take an insulated cooler if you live more than half an hour from the shops. Buy lamb last and keep it chilled on the journey home.