A panel of general consumers and a panel of sensory-trained individuals were surveyed by the N.P.B. in an effort to evaluate four key quality measures that influence eating quality: fresh pork color; intramuscular fat or marbling; ending pH; and cooked pork Warner Bratzler shear force - a measure which simulates the chewing texture of pork.
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