By george watson texas tech university.
Marbling in meat increases.
Also called intramuscular fat marbling adds flavor and is one of the main criteria for judging the quality of cuts of meat.
The fat in lean muscle creates a marble pattern hence the name.
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In general the more marbling it contains the better a cut of meat is.
Marbling affects meat s juiciness tenderness texture and flavor attributes that determine eating experience in this case more of all the above is better.
The more ranchers can increase the marbling in beef cattle the better the beef and the higher the price it can fetch at auction or when it is sold.
When beef graders yes there are people who grade beef for a living are grading beef they specifically look at amount of marbling in the ribeye muscle between the 12 th and 13 th ribs.
Marbling is the white flecks of intramuscular fat in meat most notably red meat.
Marbling is so named because the streaks of fat resemble a marble pattern.
Choice has less marbling than prime and select has the least marbling of all.
Prime beef has the most marbling interspersed throughout the lean meat.