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

Table 2

The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean mean preference (1 = least preferred; 6 = most preferred) of the samples for the age range of 31–50 years separated into females (F) and males (M).

Sample	Visible fat (%)	Sex	Ethnicity/mean preference
			Chinese	Japanese	Korean
A	34.6	F	3.9	3.2	1.4
E	27.6	F	3.7	2.5	2.5
D	23.8	F	3.5	3.3	3.7
F	14.8	F	3.3	3.3	3.4
B	13.5	F	3.3	3.7	5.0
C	10.8	F	3.2	4.3	5.0
A	34.6	M	5.2	5.0	2.8
E	27.6	M	4.4	2.8	3.3
D	23.8	M	3.6	2.8	3.4
F	14.8	M	3.0	4.2	3.6
B	13.5	M	2.7	3.8	2.7
C	10.8	M	2.2	2.8	2.2
		SED	0.6	1.2	0.7
		Females (n)	22	13	17
		Males (n)	26	18	18

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