Table 6. Trimming loss (%) of pork BS by quality grade (QG)

Items	QG1⁺	QG1	QG2
Belly slice at 5^th TV	4.82±3.49	4.85±2.48	4.93±4.13
Belly slice at 6^th TV	4.98±2.47^ab	4.07±2.45^b	5.51±2.84^a
Belly slice at 7^th TV	4.29±2.19^ab	4.07±2.28^b	5.36±2.83^a
Belly slice at 8^th TV	3.68±1.94	3.52±1.89	4.58±2.33
Belly slice at 9^th TV	3.14±1.89^b	3.11±1.68^b	4.23±2.51^a
Belly slice at 10^th TV	3.31±2.18	3.75±1.76	4.50±2.81
Belly slice at 11^th TV	4.68±3.57	5.52±3.04	6.40±4.04
Belly slice at 12^th TV	7.28±4.04	7.92±4.23	9.43±4.85
Belly slice at 13^th TV	8.96±3.52^b	9.45±3.08^b	11.55±4.54^a
Belly slice at 14^th TV	8.35±2.84^b	8.61±2.90^b	10.45±3.96^a
Belly slice at 15^th TV	6.75±4.32	6.80±2.49	8.03±3.70
Belly slice at 16^th TV	4.44±2.46^b	4.56±2.04^b	6.00±3.42^a
Belly slice at 1^st LV	3.54±4.12	3.25±2.29	5.25±4.85
Belly slice at 2^nd LV	2.31±1.76^b	2.28±2.05^b	3.54±2.39^a
Belly slice at 3^rd LV	2.70±3.78	1.91±2.12	2.66±1.71
Belly slice at 4^th LV	1.94±2.65	2.45±3.10	2.94±3.13
Belly slice at 5^th LV	0.93±2.17	0.59±1.63	1.13±2.10
Average loss (%)	4.50±1.98^b	4.50±1.81^b	5.70±2.52^a

Means with different superscript in the same row significantly differ at p<0.05.
BS, belly slices; TV, thoracic vertebrae; LV, lumbar vertebrae.