Tenderness of meat samples was estimated by the Texture
analyser TA-HD Plus (Stable Micro Systems, Surrey, UK) using
Warner–Bratzler blade.The blade was pressed at a constant speed
of 2mm/s at six samples (2.5cm3) of each meat system in adirection perpendicular to the orientation of the muscle fibre.
The maximum shearforce(N) wasrecorded.