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Predictors of Beef Tenderness: Development and Verification
Author(s) -
SHACKELFORD S.D.,
KOOHMARAIE M.,
WHIPPLE G.,
WHEELER T.L.,
MILLER M.F.,
CROUSE J.D.,
REAGAN J.O.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1991.tb04718.x
Subject(s) - tenderness , brahman , longissimus dorsi , zoology , crossbreed , myofibril , meat tenderness , longissimus , biology , food science , endocrinology , breed
Equations were developed to predict beef longissimus dorsi (LD) tenderness after postmortem refrigerated aging. Warner‐Bratzler shear force (WBSF) and myofibril fragmentation indices (MFI) were determined at 1, 3, 7 and 14 days postmortem on LD of Angus‐Hereford (AH, n = 8) and 5/8 Brahman crossbred (n = 8) heifer carcasses. Correlation coefficients between WBSF and MFI were −0.91, −0.74, −0.63, and −0.40 at 1, 3, 7 and 14 days postmortem, respectively. None of the traits measured correlated significantly with 14‐day WBSF (P > 0.05). A three‐variable prediction equation that included 24‐hr calcium‐dependent protease (CDP) inhibitor activity, 0‐hr CDP‐I activity and 24‐hr cystatin activity accounted for 63% of the variation in 14‐day WBSF.