The beef knuckle is a sub-primal from the beef round. It weighs from between 4 kg to 6.5 kg (13-lbs), depending on the carcase weight.
The knuckle goes by many names: The ball of the round, sirloin tip, round tip, tip center (centre in UK and Ireland) and sometimes thick flank, beef ball tip roast, sirloin tip roast and French roll roast (there are different names around the world). After the knuckle cap is removed this is a very lean beef cut.
Non-GMO Certified Piedmontese Grass Fed Grass Finished Beef is source-verified, nutritious, high-quality tender beef raised humanely, sustainably, and regeneratively with the cattle, land, and resources in mind.
There is no reason to settle for less when choosing your Grass Fed Grass Finished Beef. We don't source good beef, we raise it the Nebraska Way!
Certified Piedmontese provides America with the rare Italian-heritage Piedmontese beef with a farm-to-fork approach that ensures traceability, environmental sustainability, humane animal handling, and responsible resource management at every step. Our cattle are raised on family ranches across the Midwest. Certified Piedmontese is verified all-natural; the Piedmontese cattle are never given antibiotics, steroids, or hormones to ensure our customers get top-notch beef that doesn’t sacrifice flavor or tenderness.
Outlining the foundation of the Certified Piedmontese brand, including what we believe in, why we choose to be who we are, how we are different, and where we stand in the world. We provide America with rare Italian-heritage Piedmontese beef that ensures traceability, environmental sustainability, humane animal handling, and responsible resource management at every step.
To the meat eaters who abide by wholesome eating and earth-friendly living, Certified Piedmontese Beef is the nutritious, full-flavored, and superior beef brand that honors and preserves the heritage experience from ranch to fork.
Certified Piedmontese
Our mission is to encourage a life of health and fulfillment with friendly experiences, top-notch beef of unmatched taste, and a deep passion for food.
Our vision is to be the trusted source of natural, sustainable Piedmontese beef that delivers authenticity and honesty in every interaction, upholding quality and integrity beyond the beef industry, from the ranches and land we work with to how we help our customers live a healthy life.
With Certified Piedmontese Beef, you can genuinely experience the Piedmontese difference.
Why Piedmontese?
Sometimes you crave premium-tasting beef, but not the calories and fat that come with it. Piedmontese beef is the answer, shipped right to your front door. The Piedmontese breed is unique in its naturally-occurring genetic makeup, developing extra muscle mass and very little fat due to having an inactive myostatin gene. Ounce-for-ounce, a serving of Certified Piedmontese beef is over 20% lower in calories than salmon but packs 10% more protein. Despite the absence of fatty marbling typical of traditional breeds, the muscle fibers of Piedmontese cattle remain short and remarkably tender.
When our founder first discovered the unique Piedmontese beef, he knew he had found authentic beef taste, a beef that his family would enjoy and be healthy eating. Chefs across the country rave about the taste quality of Piedmontese beef, its deep flavor, and exceptional tenderness. In the end, Certified Piedmontese beef is a delicious source of protein that consumers can feel good about eating.
The Future of Beef
85% of grass-fed beef in the USA is imported, and we're part of that small 15% that raises and produces our beef in the great Midwest. Certified Piedmontese Grass Finished cattle are under a strict zero-grain policy and have a grass-fed diet from start to finish, eating only grass and forage as nature intended. The meat produced is leaner with an impressive nutritional profile. Grass Finished beef contains less mono-saturated fat and calories and has a higher density of key nutrients such as antioxidants and vitamins. Beef from our Grass Finished Program has five times the omega-3 fatty acids and double the CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) of grain-finished beef, making it the healthiest beef option.
Our Ranching Standards
Our Lone Creek Cattle Company program is designed to merge Piedmontese cattle with the finest ranching practices to produce a generous supply of gourmet beef. To maintain the breed's integrity, we only partner with producers willing to meet our strictly defined ranching standards that meet all Verified Natural Beef™ requirements. Lone Creek ranches are located across the Midwest, where Piedmontese cattle are given free rein on the vast expanse of grassy prairies.
Visit LoneCreekCattleCo.com for more information about our program.
History
Piedmontese beef is an Italian-heritage breed of cattle deeply intertwined with the robust history of fine wines and rich cuisines of the Piedmont region in northwestern Italy, tracing its roots back to the 1600s. Hundreds of years later and 5,000 miles from Piedmont. Certified Piedmontese raises all-natural, healthy Piedmontese cattle on the mixed-grass prairies of the Midwest with fresh water from the Ogallala Aquifer.
Progressive ranchers imported the first Piedmontese cattle to North America in the mid-1970s over a five-year process. Today, the Piedmontese breed represents less than 1% of all cattle in North America. Certified Piedmontese provides the country with a superior product with a reputation for eating quality that rivals Wagyu and premium Angus products but without the heavy marbling and significant pockets of fat that many consumers associate with premium beef.
The Certified Piedmontese program stands by transparency and accountability throughout its operations. It is source-verified by Where Food Comes From Inc. Certified Piedmontese has set the bar for sustainable practices from ranch to corporate office as a ranch-to-fork operation rooted in the dedication to our land, ranchers, cattle, consumers, and products.
Raised the Right Way
Certified Piedmontese focuses on upholding high ethical standards to raise healthy cows by employing humane, low-stress handling techniques and cutting-edge animal science and stockmanship research. The cattle are raised in the most comfortable environment possible. Progressive ranching protocols such as EID (Electronic Identification) tagging technology, database tracking initiatives, DNA testing to confirm heritage and voluntary third-party audits are utilized to ensure we provide beef that meets our high care, handling, and quality standards.
Three Product Lines
Certified Piedmontese cares about your health and fulfillment, offering a wide range of products, including Grass Finished Beef, Grain Finished Beef, Purebred Dynasty Beef, and more.
Certified Piedmontese Grass Finished Program cattle are never fed any grains or grain by-products, only living on a grass-fed diet of grass and forage.
Certified Piedmontese Grain Finished Program cattle are raised on a diet of grass on the Midwest grasslands, then finished on a balanced diet of grain and hay to promote a healthy finishing lifestyle and weight.
Certified Piedmontese Dynasty Program cattle are our 100% purebred Piedmontese cattle. Double the strain of inactive myostatin gene, double the leanness, tenderness, and rarity.
Certified Piedmontese premium beef snacks include various flavors of jerky, beef sticks, and biltong. On-the-go protein powerhouses with no artificial ingredients added. Grain Finished and Grass Finished options are available.
All are made from 100% Certified Piedmontese Beef.
Nutrition
The nutritional profile doesn't lie. Certified Piedmontese beef has fewer calories, less fat, and higher protein per ounce than beef from other breeds, making it an ideal source of lean protein for a healthy diet. A serving of Certified Piedmontese beef has even fewer calories ounce-for-ounce than salmon, yet it challenges Prime-grade beef products in tenderness. The combination of leanness and tenderness results in a consistently healthy and delicious dining experience for those who won’t settle for anything less.
Our Claims
All product lines are certified all-natural and third-party source-verified. That means our beef is always hormone-free and antibiotic-free.
Traceability; Where Food Comes From, Inc. is the number one provider of certification and verification services to the food industry in the United States. It provides consumers with authentic and transparent information about the food on their family dinner table, including how, where, and by whom it was produced.
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Environmental Sustainability For most of their lives, cattle are raised in their natural environment on pastures that are managed to reduce over-grazing, ensuring pasture resources flourish with each growing season.
Humane Animal Handling Ranchers are committed to low-stress, humane handling techniques, which means zero tolerance for willful abuse or neglect.
Responsible Resource Management We are a vertically integrated farming & ranching company. We invest in local crops and farmland to grow our feedstuffs, ensuring high quality and consistent supply of grains needed to sustain cattle through their finishing phase. This minimizes resource usage and makes us less vulnerable to market volatility.
Non-GMO Project is a mission-driven nonprofit organization offering third-party non-GMO verification programs to the standards customers expect. Certified Piedmontese Grass Finished Beef is verified Non-GMO!
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The Paleo Diet's groundbreaking certification criteria were carefully developed over the years by Dr. Cordain’s first and last graduate students, Dr. Mark J. Smith and Trevor Connor, M.S., alongside industry experts from food labeling, consumer packaged goods, and sustainability. The Paleo Diet food certification reflects decades of peer-reviewed science. Certified Piedmontese Grass Finished Beef is verified Paleo-Certified!
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