Table 5. Effect of different aging methods on sensory evaluation of different beef cuts
Traits (%) | Beef cuts | Non-aged | Aging method | SEM |
Wet | Dry |
Juiciness | Butt | 2.72by | 3.32aby | 4.09a | 0.288 |
| Rump | 3.22aby | 2.63bz | 3.86a | 0.237 |
| Sirloin | 4.46x | 4.05x | 4.20 | 0.184 |
| SEM | 0.301 | 0.195 | 0.211 | |
Tenderness | Butt | 2.57b | 3.57axy | 4.19a | 0.202 |
| Rump | 3.11b | 3.06by | 4.02a | 0.206 |
| Sirloin | 3.52 | 4.08x | 4.38 | 0.246 |
| SEM | 0.256 | 0.219 | 0.174 | |
Flavor | Butt | 3.25b | 3.56ab | 4.19ax | 0.231 |
| Rump | 3.14 | 3.01 | 3.56y | 0.161 |
| Sirloin | 3.61b | 3.84b | 4.43ax | 0.165 |
| SEM | 0.183 | 0.215 | 0.164 | |
Overall acceptability | Butt | 2.57cy | 3.28by | 4.08a | 0.220 |
| Rump | 2.82y | 3.06y | 3.79 | 0.246 |
| Sirloin | 3.69bx | 3.98abx | 4.34a | 0.143 |
| SEM | 0.205 | 0.192 | 0.225 | |
SEM, standard error of the means (n=12).
Values with different letters within the same row differ significantly (p<0.05).
Values with different letters within the same column differ significantly (p<0.05).