Snowflake beef is a name for beef, also called marble beef. Mainly refers to the obvious red and white marble-like beef deposited between muscle fibers, not a part of cattle.
Snowflake beef is classified by density, shape and meat quality. The common "fat cow" is also a kind, and the selection of eye meat, upper brain and outer ridge is better. Snowflake beef is fragrant and tender, and it is a kind of high-grade beef suitable for both Chinese and western. Snow beef actually means that there are many capillaries between muscle fibers and muscle fiber bundles in beef, which makes beef look like a lot of white and red crosses, which makes people look very appetizing.
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The "snowflake" in "snowflake beef" is actually the fat in beef. The formation of snowflake beef requires fat to be deposited between muscle fibers, which makes it look obviously red and white, a bit like marble. Snowflake beef exists in different parts of cattle, but the distribution density, shape and meat quality of snowflakes in different parts are different, so there are also grades.