Effect of age and cut on consistency of tenderness and leanness of beef

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-45

  Gullett, E A ^a   Buttenham, S ^a   Hore, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Fearmans Fresh Meats   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef; Leanness; Quality; Sensory evaluation; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030525228     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-3293(95)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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