Articles | Volume 46, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-46-31-2003
© Author(s) 2003. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
10 Oct 2003
Fibre-optic spectrophotometry of beef relative to sarcomere length (short communication)
Abstract. Fibre-optic spectrophotometry of beef longissimus thoracis showed reflectance was correlated negatively with sarcomere length, reaching a maximum at 470 nm (r = −0.46, P < 0.025, n = 20) with mean sarcomere length 1.75 ± 0.15 mm. The beef had never been frozen and was extensively aged (30.5 ± 5.0 days). This conflicts with other relationships in attempts to predict tenderness from light scattering.
