Conference proceeding
Importance of marbling for the prediction of beef eating quality in France and Europe
DigICoMST 2021, 67th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology
67th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (Kraków, Poland, 23/08/2021–27/08/2021)
2021
Abstract
Beef quality has a multifactorial determinism. This is why various inputs (i.e. ossification and marbling scores, muscle cut, ageing time, hanging method, cooking method etc.) have been introduced in the Meat Standards Australia (MSA) grading scheme to predict beef eating quality at the consumer end. Among them, marbling score is an important trait which significantly contributes to beef eating quality. However, it is not considered so far by the European beef industry except by a few plants. Indeed, in Europe, the main factors of carcass grading are European conformation and fat scores despite there are very poor or even no relationships between these scores and marbling score, as well as with beef eating quality. Thus, the French meat sector represented by INTERBEV decided to promote marbling assessment on beef carcasses and developed its own marbling sensory grid. However, in many countries, marbling is assessed at the 10th-13th thoracic vertebrae whereas, in France as well as in European abattoirs, the preferred carcass grading site is at the 5th rib and cutting at the 10th-13th rib could lead to a lower economic value of the carcass.
Details
- Title
- Importance of marbling for the prediction of beef eating quality in France and Europe
- Authors/Creators
- Jingjing LiuJérôme NormandGrzegorz PogorzelskiAlix NeveuLegrand IsabelleChristophe DenoyelleDavid William PethickMarie-Pierre ElliesJean-François Hocquette
- Publication Details
- DigICoMST 2021, 67th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology
- Conference
- 67th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (Kraków, Poland, 23/08/2021–27/08/2021)
- Publisher
- DigICoMST; Kraków, Poland
- Identifiers
- 991005634467107891
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2020 Digicomst
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Food Futures Institute
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
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