Evidence docket
Every fact, and where we read it
1,722 records behind the scores: what each seller says about its beef, the page we read it on, what we checked and found nothing, and every price change with its source. Nearly all of it is the sellers’ own words; we mark what isn’t. How we use it
| Date | Seller · steak | Fact | What we record | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink 16 oz French Cut Ribeye (bone-in) |
Raised Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | “Grass-fed & grass-finished” (read 2026-10-06) | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
Certified Humane — Certified Humane Raised and Handled: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Searched all 207 company rows (company, products-certified and website columns) of the Who's Certified table (page dateMod…ified 2026-08-11) for 'moink': no match. |
certifiedhumane.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
Global Animal Partnership — GAP Animal Welfare Certified (any Step): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). GAP publishes no farm/operation search; its public registry is the 'For Shoppers' list of G.A.P. Certified br…ands and online partners (~58 brand entries, all on one page; /shoppers/page/2/ is empty). Searched that list plus GAP's own site search (admin-ajax autocomplete, which indexes the brand entries) for 'moink': no match. Brand-level only, so a seller selling GAP-certified beef under a supplier's brand would not appear. |
globalanimalpartnership.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
American Humane Certified — American Humane Certified: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). American Humane Society's 'Certified Farm Producers' list: all 97 producers on one page (FacetWP total_rows 97, per_page -1…). Searched names and websites for 'moink': no match. The registry has no beef producer type at all (types: Dairy, Eggs, Meat [Broiler Chicken, Duck, Pork, Turkey], Products and Retail). |
americanhumane.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
A Greener World — Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW / Certified Grassfed by AGW: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Crawled all 242 listings in the AGW directory's Beef category (21 pages, title/website/des…cription) for 'moink', and ran the directory keyword search (searches titles and descriptions, all categories) for 'Moink': no listing names this seller, as either a farm or an outlet. |
agreenerworld.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Raised Certifier check |
American Grassfed Association — AGA Certified Grassfed: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Not in AGA's 'Find A Certified AGA Producer' directory. That page embeds a kViewer list, and all 94 records came back from…its records API. We searched farm name, contact, email and website for the seller's name. 11 records show no farm name; their map points fall in IA/WI/IN/MI/AR/OK/NY, so they can't be tied to any seller. |
americangrassfed.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
Audubon Conservation Ranching — Audubon Certified bird-friendly land: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Not in Audubon's 'ACR Enrolled Retailers' layer, the ArcGIS map embedded on Audubon's 'Where To Buy Bird-Fri…endly Beef & Bison' page. We pulled all 2,736 records through the layer's query API (last edited 2026-08-28) and searched the Retailer, Brand, Source Ranch, Website and Address fields. Audubon's public enrolled-ranches layer gives no ranch names, so ranches can't be matched. |
audubon.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Land certification Certifier check |
Land to Market (Savory Institute) — Ecological Outcome Verified (Land to Market Verified): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Not among the 62 member-brand logos on Land to Market's public /members page. It has no…landtomarket.com/partners/ profile and no hit in landtomarket.com site search. Caveats: the page claims '100+ members brands' but shows 62. It uses the old site nav and isn't linked from the current homepage. LTM says its live list of verified brands is visible only after a portal login. savory.global returned HTTP 403 to every request, so Savory's own pages weren't checked. |
landtomarket.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Organic Certifier check |
Regenerative Organic Certified — Regenerative Organic Certified: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Not among the 379 brands in ROA's Brand & Product Directory or the 561 producers in its Certified Farm & Ranch Di…rectory (https://regenorganic.org/certified-farm-ranch-directory/). Both lists loaded in full, and we searched names, websites and product text. |
regenorganic.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Organic Certifier check |
USDA Organic — USDA Organic (NOP) certified operation - beef livestock or beef handling scope: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Searched OID operation-name filter (contains match, status=All) for: 'Moink'. 0 res…ults for every term. |
organic.ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Antibiotics Certifier check |
USDA Process Verified Program — No USDA PVP for beef (checked for No Antibiotics Ever, Never Ever 3, NHTC, no added hormones, grass fed): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Searched the Official Listing of Approve…d USDA Process Verified Programs (Last Revised October 02, 2026; 82 pp, 172 certificates) and the AMS PVP Directory (80 entries) for the seller's brand/company and known parent names. No company or program text names this seller. Only beef PVPs on the listing: Bord Bia - Irish Food Board (Irish Grass Fed Beef, PV6034ZZA), Cargill Meat Solutions (Beef Tenderness, PV5269ZZA), INAC Uruguay (incl. 'INAC Never Ever 3', grass fed; PV4106ZZA), Meat & Livestock Australia (MSA eating quality, PV5062ZZA). |
ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Hormones Certifier check |
USDA NHTC Program — Non-Hormone Treated Cattle (NHTC) approved source (EU export verification): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Searched the AMS 'Official Listing of Approved Sources of Non-Hormone Treated Catt…le' (linked from ams.usda.gov/services/imports-exports/nhtc; Last Revised April 25, 2025; 14 approved sources: AzTx Cattle Co., BeefTraxx, Big Blue Sale Barn, EarthClaims, Elite Beef Producers, FSNS Certification & Audit, IMI Global (Where Food Comes From), Legacy Verified, Lindsay Ranch, M&R Cattle Company, Morgan Ranch, Ranchers Connecting Ranchers, Samson LLC, TechniTrack). No match by brand or parent. Caveat: individual farms/ranches enrolled under these cattle-management-group programs are listed on FSIS PartnerShare, which is not public; the 'NHTC Supplier List' .xls linked on the AMS page is a blank template. So a seller's cattle could be NHTC-enrolled through a CMG without appearing on this public list. |
ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Raised Certifier check |
USDA Grass Fed Small and Very Small Producer Program — USDA Grass (Forage) Fed claim - SVS Grass Fed Program (beef): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Searched the 'Official Listing of Operations Included on the …USDA SVS Grass Fed Program' for beef (linked from ams.usda.gov/services/auditing/grass-fed-SVS; Last Revised September 3, 2026; 38 operations). No match by brand or parent. Program is limited to producers marketing 49 or fewer cattle per year. |
ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“Our customizable boxes include options for wild-caught salmon, grass-fed and grass-finished beef, pasture raised pork, grass-fed and grass-finished lamb, and pasture raised chicken.” (read 2026-10-06) | moinkbox.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“Our cows are completely grass-fed, with no supplements, antibiotics or growth hormones to make them grow faster.” (read 2026-10-06) | moinkbox.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“Our land animals are raised outdoors, on pasture, and our fish swim wild in the ocean.” (read 2026-10-06) | moinkbox.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“Technically, no, since it’s not certified organic.” (read 2026-10-06) | moinkbox.com ↗ | |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Moink 16 oz French Cut Ribeye (bone-in) |
Grade Checked: not stated |
No USDA grade stated | Checked 2026-09-30: no grade stated. Pages: https://www.moinkbox.com/products/french-cut-rib-eye-bone-in https://www.moinkbox.com/pages/faq https://www.moinkbox.com/products.json (all 112 product descriptions) | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Moink 16 oz French Cut Ribeye (bone-in) |
Aging Checked: not stated |
The seller doesn’t say | Checked 2026-09-30: aging not stated. Pages: https://www.moinkbox.com/products/french-cut-rib-eye-bone-in https://www.moinkbox.com/pages/faq https://www.moinkbox.com/products.json (all 112 product descriptions) | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Shipping Seller’s words |
Subscription only | The Moink box ($139) requires a subscription and no shipping price is published; cart tests added $30 "Shipping & handling" to both the box and one-time gift boxes, even at $556. The Moink box ($139) requires a subscript…ion. |
moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink 16 oz French Cut Ribeye (bone-in) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Live /products/ page shows 'Regular price $45.00' and 'Sale price $45.00' (same value, no discount), confirmed on two separate fetches. Single steak, avg 16 oz. Per-steak price $45.00. usd_per_lb = 45 | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink Boneless Ribeye (10 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | PRICE GATED: live /products/boneless-ribeye page renders only '$0.00' for both Regular and Sale price (JS/subscription-gated placeholder, not the real price). No purchasable price visible. A $19.99 fi | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Grass-fed and grass-finished | Own site: beef is 'grass fed AND grass finished,' cattle spend entire lives in pasture; mission page: 'Our beef and lamb are grass-fed and finished.' | blog.moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Raised without antibiotics | Mission page: 'Our meat is antibiotic free.' Self-claimed, no third-party never-ever certification. | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Hormones Seller’s words |
No added hormones | Mission page: 'We do not use growth hormones.' Self-claimed, uncertified. | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
Not disclosed | No steroid-specific claim on Moink's pages (only antibiotics/hormones/GMO addressed). Correctly undisclosed. | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass only | Grass-fed AND grass-finished, entire lives on pasture, never given grains of any kind; cattle diet is grass only. | blog.moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
USA born, raised and harvested | Stored product_of_usa understated. Own site verbatim: 'Our meat comes from animals born, raised & harvested in the U.S.A.' FAQ: 'All of our meat comes from the USA.' | moinkfarms.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | FAQ: 'Technically, no, since it's not certified organic.' | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
None | Confirmed none: Moink explicitly declines Certified Humane/AWA/GAP ('those labels don't tell the entire story'). Review sites claiming 'certified humane' are inaccurate. | blog.moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Frozen | How It Works: 'We use plenty of dry ice so it will arrive frozen!' Ships frozen on dry ice; no fresh option. | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
USDA grade Seller’s words |
Ungraded | Boneless Ribeye product page makes no USDA grade claim (no Prime/Choice/Select). Marketing says 'Perfect marbling' only. Grass-finished beef is typically ungraded/lower on the USDA marbling scale. | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Wagyu content Seller’s words |
None | Benchmark is an American grass-fed/grass-finished ribeye; no wagyu claim on the product or sourcing pages. | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Marbling Seller’s words |
Not stated | Product page says 'Perfect marbling and perfect wow factor' — marketing language only, no BMS or USDA marbling grade given. | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Aging Seller’s words |
Aging not stated | No dry- or wet-aging claim or day count on the Boneless Ribeye product page or bone-in ribeye page. | moinkbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Moink All their beef |
Sourcing Seller’s words |
US small/regenerative family farms (e.g. Mannix Family MT); ~100+ farms | Moink aggregates from small American family farms across ~20 states; named suppliers include the Mannix Family (Montana) and Bertolla Brothers. Positions itself for regenerative/pasture-based farmers. | moinkbox.com ↗ blog.moinkbox.com ↗ |