ABSTRACTThe purpose of this investigation was to determine whether mechanical shear values of the cardiac muscle could be useful in predicting skeletal muscle tenderness as measured by mechanical shear and sensory evaluation methods. The metal ion content of bovine skeletal muscle was also determined and evaluated for its ability to predict skeletal muscle tenderness. W‐B shear results indicate cardiac muscle tenderness is related to semimembranosis tenderness, but the magnitude of the correlation coefficient is not high enough for adequate prediction capabilities. However, the predictive capability of element content is very good for all three tenderness measures‐sensory panel, W‐B and rotary shear. These results indicate the good potential of this approach to tenderness predi
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