Table 13.
LW | BY | TY | Drip | pH | L* | a* | b* | Thaw | Cook | Total | MF | ME | MPC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LW | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
BY | 0.79*** | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
TY | 0.78*** | 0.87*** | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
Drip | -0.59*** | -0.45** | -0.47*** | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
pH | -0.39* | -0.24 | -0.18 | 0.37** | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
L* | 0.51*** | 0.41** | 0.36* | -0.31* | -0.33** | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
a* | 0.47** | 0.41** | 0.30* | -0.09 | -0.26* | -0.11 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
b* | 0.80*** | 0.68*** | 0.68*** | -0.39** | -0.37** | 0.53*** | 0.40** | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
Thaw | -0.58*** | -0.45** | -0.49*** | 0.59*** | 0.15 | -0.15 | -0.19 | -0.43** | • | • | • | • | • | |
Cook | -0.47** | -0.49*** | -0.54*** | 0.41**- | 0.23 | -0.17 | -0.42** | -0.33* | 0.31* | • | • | • | • | |
Total | -0.68*** | -0.56*** | -0.63*** | 0.64*** | 0.28* | -0.25 | -0.38** | -0.50*** | 0.82*** | 0.72*** | • | • | • | |
M F | 0.08 | -0.07 | -0.13 | -0.12 | -0.36** | 0.13 | -0.16 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.29* | 0.18 | • | • | |
M E | 0.18 | 0.02 | -0.04 | -0.21 | -0.37** | 0.15 | -0.19 | 0.10 | -0.10 | 0.35** | 0.09 | 0.89*** | • | |
M PC | 0.46** | 0.37* | 0.51*** | -0.15 | 0.15 | 0.28* | 0.09 | 0.45** | -0.12 | -0.12 | -0.22 | -0.10 | -0.06 |
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.