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

Table 3

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

Sample	Visible fat (%)	Sex	Ethnicity/mean preference
			Chinese	Japanese	Korean
A	34.6	F	2.0	4.2	2.0
E	27.6	F	1.6	1.5	2.2
D	23.8	F	3.0	3.6	3.9
F	14.8	F	4.2	3.0	3.0
B	13.5	F	5.0	4.4	4.9
C	10.8	F	5.2	4.3	5.1
A	34.6	M	3.2	3.2	2.5
E	27.6	M	2.3	2.6	2.9
D	23.8	M	2.8	3.8	3.6
F	14.8	M	4.7	3.0	3.3
B	13.5	M	4.7	3.2	4.7
C	10.8	M	3.3	5.2	3.3
		SED	1.3	1.1	0.6
		Females (n)	5	7	34
		Males (n)	7	5	16

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