Table 2. Effects of dry-aging on quality characteristics in the boneless bovine gluteus medius and bone-in infraspinatus muscles from KNHS meat
Items | Gluteus medius | Infraspinatus | SEM1) | p-value |
Un-aged | Aged | Un-aged | Aged |
CIE L* | 36.84b | 37.73b | 42.15a | 36.54b | 0.779 | 0.0138 |
CIE a* | 18.98 | 22.08 | 19.76 | 20.55 | 1.135 | 0.3592 |
CIE b* | 6.21c | 7.91bc | 9.59ab | 11.70a | 0.792 | 0.0081 |
pH | 5.39b | 5.49ab | 5.42b | 5.56a | 0.030 | 0.0239 |
WHC (%) | 74.16b | 96.72a | 71.91b | 94.34a | 1.388 | < .0001 |
n=12.
Mean values with different letters in row differ significantly (p < 0.05).
KNHS, Korean Native Hanwoo Steer; WHC, water-holding capacity.