Table 4. General components, meat quality properties, and meat color of loins from Hanwoo steers fed with conventional (control; 25% roughage), 50% roughage (T50), and 70% roughage (T70) diets

Item Control T50 T70 SEM1)
Water content (%) 60.06 58.11 58.80 3.723
Crude protein (%) 21.03 20.24 21.44 2.128
Crude fat (%) 18.53 22.13 20.80 1.357
Crude ash (%) 0.93 0.94 0.85 0.052
pH 5.61 5.66 5.59 0.035
Water holding capacity (%) 76.69 75.26 74.29 5.189
Loss on heating (%) 13.30 13.38 13.85 2.592
Shear strength (kg.f) 1.77b 1.91a 1.93a 0.064
Drip loss (%) 26.37ab 24.78b 28.46a 2.018
L* value 42.50 42.70 42.95 2.295
a* value 27.28 27.38 27.00 1.593
b* value 13.13 13.34 13.11 1.231
n=6.
Values with different letters differ significantly (p<0.05).