Table 3. Fat content (%) of pork BS by quality grade (QG)

Items QG1+ QG1 QG2
Belly slice at 5th TV 31.74±6.82 32.42±6.97 33.28±8.19
Belly slice at 6th TV 35.00±4.88 34.27±5.59 35.74±6.51
Belly slice at 7th TV 36.49±4.69 36.12±4.93 36.70±6.29
Belly slice at 8th TV 38.74±5.35 37.70±4.25 39.22±6.99
Belly slice at 9th TV 40.18±4.91 38.81±5.34 40.08±7.71
Belly slice at 10th TV 40.17±5.23 39.17±5.41 40.51±6.59
Belly slice at 11th TV 39.89±5.19 39.16±5.57 40.41±6.51
Belly slice at 12th TV 39.75±5.16 39.11±6.09 40.52±6.52
Belly slice at 13th TV 39.10±5.71 38.62±6.16 39.41±7.15
Belly slice at 14th TV 36.59±5.48 36.26±5.86 37.17±7.64
Belly slice at 15th TV 34.06±5.20 33.80±5.62 34.91±7.14
Belly slice at 16th TV 32.37±5.67 32.34±5.83 32.91±6.84
Belly slice at 1st LV 30.68±5.23 31.11±6.33 32.18±6.61
Belly slice at 2nd LV 29.38±4.64 29.39±5.99 30.95±6.98
Belly slice at 3rd LV 26.54±5.80 26.28±6.56 27.55±7.12
Belly slice at 4th LV 22.41±7.54 23.58±8.14 22.05±8.47
Belly slice at 5th LV 16.79±8.81 14.56±7.38 14.45±8.04
Belly slice at 6th LV 10.27±6.07 8.30±3.77 11.14±5.19
Whole belly cut 32.63±4.78 32.22±5.21 33.43±6.22
BS, belly slices; TV, thoracic vertebrae; LV, lumbar vertebrae.