Visible Fat Content of Hotpot Beef Acceptability by New Zealand Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Consumers

Table 1

The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean mean preference (1 = least preferred; 6 = most preferred) of the samples for the age range of 19–30 years separated into females (F) and males (M).

Sample	Visible fat (%)	Sex	Ethnicity/mean preference
			Chinese	Japanese	Korean
A	34.6	F	4.6	3.2	2.7
E	27.6	F	3.9	1.9	3.2
D	23.8	F	3.7	3.9	3.5
F	14.8	F	3.7	2.9	3.3
B	13.5	F	2.8	4.4	4.5
C	10.8	F	2.3	4.0	3.8
A	34.6	M	4.9	3.8	2.9
E	27.6	M	4.1	2.5	3.3
D	23.8	M	3.2	3.3	3.4
F	14.8	M	3.0	2.8	3.3
B	13.5	M	2.9	4.7	4.4
C	10.8	M	2.9	3.7	3.7
		SED	0.7	0.6	0.7
		Females (n)	18	12	20
		Males (n)	23	22	15

SED = standard error of difference between means within each ethnic group.