Table 3. Changes of water holding capacity (WHC), cooking loss (CL) and Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF) values for 1⁺⁺ grade Hanwoo beef during aging at 2°C for 14 d and freezer storage at −18°C for 9 mon

Item	Aging time (d)	Freezing time (mon)
		Loin				Striploin				Tenderloin				Top round

		0	3	6	9	0	3	6	9	0	3	6	9	0	3	6	9
WHC (%)	0	50.52±0.58	52.25±0.66^b	51.98±0.74^b	53.66±0.81	50.01±0.41	51.23±0.86^b	51.65±0.94	53.89±1.03	51.74±0.43^b	52.23±1.06^b	54.75±0.95	53.21±0.49	52.77±0.44^b	53.08±0.54^b	54.78±0.49	53.77±0.97
	7	50.43±0.62	51.89±0.64^b	54.27±1.17^a	53.11±0.45	50.84±0.47	51.99±1.03^b	52.97±1.02	53.19±0.63	52.36±0.50^a	52.23±0.34^b	55.52±0.67	53.98±0.94	54.36±0.12^a	53.17±0.67^b	55.78±0.72	54.21±0.68
	14	51.51±0.79	53.59±0.77^a	54.83±1.05^a	53.22±0.62	50.18±0.44	53.43±1.36^a	53.05±1.50	54.38±0.74	53.04±0.50^a	54.20±0.95^a	55.14±0.69	54.10±1.02	55.91±0.53^a	56.62±0.89^a	55.16±0.39	55.38±0.87
CL (%)	0	23.62±0.55^B	26.35±1.03^A	25.07±0.56^A	26.67±0.96^A	20.91±0.93^B	21.04±0.27^B	25.21±0.74^bA	25.76±0.23^A	24.99±0.48^C	25.03±0.98^C	27.89±0.65^B	30.49±0.28^A	23.32±0.17^B	25.78±0.78^A	25.78±1.10^A	29.20±0.72^A
	7	22.68±0.43^B	23.10±0.52^B	26.03±1.15^A	28.32±0.53^A	20.49±1.16^C	24.05±0.17^B	26.02±0.97^aAB	27.56±0.66^A	25.72±0.90^B	24.99±0.75^B	26.77±0.67^B	29.22±0.56^A	25.66±0.61^B	26.25±1.63^B	29.03±0.45^A	30.08±0.58^A
	14	24.09±0.66^B	23.69±1.02^B	25.71±0.76^B	28.42±0.60^A	20.57±1.19^B	24.06±1.53^A	26.27±0.95^aA	27.37±0.41^A	25.38±0.52^B	26.72±0.60^B	26.26±0.59^B	29.75±0.44^A	26.10±0.53^B	25.76±0.33^B	27.22±0.68^A	30.20±0.51^A
WBSF (kg)	0	3.38±0.15^a	3.15±0.19^a	3.05±0.19^a	3.21±0.18^a	3.83±0.32^a	3.74±0.07^a	3.62±0.13^a	3.82±0.23	2.29±0.04	2.43±0.16	2.48±0.13	2.58±0.16	4.08±0.03^a	3.84±0.07	3.84±0.16^a	4.49±0.37^a
	7	3.16±0.14^a	2.78±0.08^ab	2.79±0.04^a	2.45±0.07^b	2.85±0.14^b	2.94±0.02^b	2.95±0.18^ab	3.57±0.63	2.21±0.11	2.60±0.15	2.45±0.07	2.42±0.06	3.60±0.20^ab	3.53±0.18	3.16±0.05^b	3.92±0.51^ab
	14	2.29±0.15^b	2.54±0.13^b	2.21±0.07^b	2.14±0.09^b	2.54±0.11^b	2.73±0.11^b	2.55±0.08^b	2.79±0.25	2.41±0.15	2.53±0.15	2.31±0.11	2.51±0.08	3.34±0.09^b	3.34±0.17	3.08±0.09^b	3.05±0.13^b