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Marbling in meat lubrication.
The most marbled cuts come from the loin where.
In addition to the quantity of marbling the distribution and texture of visible fat flecks within the ribeye are also considered during assessment of marbling score.
Overcooking is marbling s worst nightmare since it renders all the fat out of the meat leaving behind a dry and tough steak without the moist flavors we know and love.
As the level of marbling increases in meat the bulk density decreases.
Marble score or grades are a component of the aus meat beef quality grading system and is assessed within the ribeye muscle.
Marbling helps to insure acceptable tenderness at higher levels of doneness.
In general the more marbling it contains the better a cut of meat is.
As meat is cooked to more advanced degrees of doneness the tougher it will get.
There is less muscle fiber and collagen per unit volume of meat potentially requiring less oral processing foster et al.
Bulk density or lubrication effect.
Also called intramuscular fat marbling adds flavor and is one of the main criteria for judging the quality of cuts of meat.
Marbling that is fine textured small flecks and uniformly distributed is preferred over marbling that appears as large coarse flecks of intramuscular fat.
1 the fundamental factors related to differences in meat tenderness.