Table 12.
LW | BY | TY | Drip | pH | L* | a* | b* | Thaw | Cook | Total | MF | ME | MPC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LW | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
BY | 0.66*** | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
TY | 0.61*** | 0.79** | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
Drip | -0.42** | -0.23 | -0.35** | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
pH | 0.15 | 0.26* | 0.23 | -0.13 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
L* | 0.45*** | 0.37** | 0.30* | -0.10 | -0.12 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
a* | -0.08 | 0.21 | 0.26* | -0.09 | -0.09 | 0.28* | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
b* | 0.65*** | 0.45*** | 0.40** | -0.16 | 0.03 | 0.61*** | 0.46*** | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
Thaw | -0.50*** | -0.32** | -0.50*** | 0.52*** | -0.28* | - | -0.10 | -0.15 | • | • | • | • | • | |
Cook | -0.20 | -0.20 | -0.23 | 0.29* | -0.31** | 0.15 | -0.13 | 0.08 | 0.30* | • | • | • | • | |
Total | -0.49*** | -0.36** | -0.51*** | 0.51*** | -0.31** | 0.03 | -0.18 | -0.06 | 0.80*** | 0.72*** | • | • | • | |
M F | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.22 | -0.29* | -0.25* | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.19 | -0.15 | 0.24* | -0.01 | • | • | |
M E | 0.36* | 0.29* | 0.38** | -0.45*** | -0.03 | 0.29* | 0.21 | 0.38** | -0.29* | -0.03 | -0.24* | 0.75*** | • | |
M PC | 0.60*** | 0.53*** | 0.46*** | -0.15 | 0.21 | 0.60*** | 0.15 | 0.56*** | -0.20 | -0.07 | -0.20 | 0.02 | 0.25* |
Abbreviations: BW, Body weight; BY, breast yield; FT, feathered tender; MF, MORS force; ME, MORS energy; MPC, MORS peak counts; TY, tender yield; WT, woody-like tender.
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.001, ***P < 0.0001.