25% of U.S. consumers expressed satisfaction with the
tenderness of their steaks when shear force values were
lower than 3.4 kg, lower than 4.0 kg, lower than 4.3 kg,
and greater than 4.9 kg respectively (Miller et al. 2001).
Our results show that 43% of Kaua‘i steaks had shear
force values lower than 4.0 kg (Table 2), suggesting
that more than half of Kaua‘i steaks would not meet
the majority of consumers’ satisfaction. While shear
force values of most Kaua‘i steaks ranged from 2.8 to
5.5 kg, about 10% of the steaks were separated from
this group with much higher shear values.