Premier Proteins offers the highest quality American Kobe / Wagyu Beef product in the country. Premier offers three grades of American Kobe / Wagyu Beef. Premier follows and uses USDA grading to assure our customers that they are getting the quality that they are expecting and deserve. Our highest quality Five Star has the ultimate in marbling, flavor, tendernous, and juiciness. The Five Star program is Moderately Abundant (the USDA designation for Average Prime and higher) and higher. (That equates to about an 8 on the Japanese BMS scale). Our Four Star program offers a tremendous value. The Four Star program offers great abundance of marbling, flavor, tendernous, and juiciness. The Four Star program is Slightly Abundant to Moderately Abundant (Prime to Average Prime). (That equates to about a 5 to 7 on the Japanese BMS scale). Our Premier line offers the rest of our fine meat products at a tremendous value.

 

	Marbling	BMS No.	Premier Program*
Prime	Moderately Abundant and higher	No. 8 - No. 12	5 Star
Prime	Slightly Abundant to Moderately Abundant	No. 5 - No. 7	4 Star
Choice	Moderate to Modest	No. 3 - No. 4	Premier
Select	Small	No. 2
No Roll	Slight	No. 1