The objectives of this study were to educate consumers about value-added beef cuts and evaluate their palatability
responses of a value cut and three traditional cuts. Three hundred and twenty-two individuals participated in
the beef value cut education seminar series presented by trained beef industry educators. Seminar participants
evaluated tenderness, juiciness, flavor, and overall like of four samples, bottom round, top sirloin, ribeye, and a
value cut (Delmonico or Denver), on a 9-point scale. The ribeye and the value cut were found to be similar in
all four attributes and differed from the top sirloin and bottom round. Correlations and regression analysis
found that flavor was the largest influencing factor for overall like for the ribeye, value cut, and top sirloin. The
value cut is comparable to the ribeye and can be a less expensive replacement