Table 1. Marbling characteristics, including marbling score, intramuscular fat (IMF) content, and marbling fleck characteristics, of Hanwoo longissimus thoracis muscle.
Mean | Standard deviation | Minimum | Maximum | |
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Marbling score | 5.28 | 1.81 | 2.00 | 9.00 |
IMF content (%) | 14.8 | 5.03 | 5.69 | 29.3 |
Marbling fleck characteristics | ||||
Fleck number | 2,762 | 740.7 | 474.0 | 4,209 |
Marbling area (cm2) | 24.4 | 6.40 | 13.7 | 48.1 |
Marbling area ratio (%) | 24.5 | 5.13 | 16.4 | 40.8 |
Coarseness (C) | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.25 |
Fineness (F) | 2.26 | 0.60 | 1.10 | 4.08 |
F/C ratio | 20.2 | 12.0 | 5.62 | 60.7 |