Table 3. Free amino acid (mg/100 g) of five different meat cuts from KNBG

FAA¹⁾	Cuts					SEM²⁾
FAA¹⁾	Loin	Hind leg	Neck	Rib	Foreleg	SEM²⁾
Taurine	51.03^dc	81.96^b	84.72^b	83.44^b	119.65^a	6.58
Aspartic acid	5.67	5.59	7.16	6.33	5.90	0.88
Threonine	4.26	3.35	3.48	4.75	4.29	0.70
Serine	6.64	5.04	4.51	4.88	5.87	0.89
Asparagine	3.38^b	4.67^b	2.40^b	3.27^b	12.80^a	1.40
Glutamic acid	31.23^b	28.26^b	54.27^a	37.96^b	14.01^c	4.60
Glycine	22.28	19.73	20.77	28.84	30.75	3.20
Alanine	21.34	24.88	27.81	33.19	33.36	2.76
Valine	4.71^a	3.30^ab	2.78^ab	2.56^b	3.34^ab	0.49
Methionine	3.04	2.09	1.79	1.76	1.82	0.32
Isoleucine	3.01^ab	2.52^b	4.32^a	4.51^a	4.62^a	0.42
Leucine	7.22^a	4.59^b	2.05^b	2.42^b	2.17^b	0.73
Tyrosine	4.21^a	2.13^ab	0.91^b	2.31^ab	2.53^ab	0.53
Histidine	3.13	1.71	3.06	2.64	2.51	0.60
Tryptophan	3.73^a	2.45^b	1.90^b	2.52^b	1.88^b	0.31
Carnosine	3.11^a	2.21^b	1.66^b	2.05^b	1.77^b	0.28
Lysine	4.71	3.22	3.62	3.47	6.67	0.82
Arginine	2.22	2.34	2.79	2.16	4.32	0.77
Total free amino acids	184.96^b	200.07^b	231.75^ab	230.77^ab	259.82^a	13.02
(Sweet + Umami) A.A.	93.82	89.15	116.86	116.36	107.74	7.62
Bitter A.A.	23.31	16.53	16.78	16.05	18.76	2.08
(Sweet + Umami) A.A. / Bitter A.A.	4.15^b	5.43^ab	7.17^a	7.45^a	5.85^ab	0.66

(Sweet + Umami) A.A.: asparagine + threonine + serine + glutamic acid + glycine + alanine + lysine
Bitter A.A.: valine + methionine + isoleucine + leucine + histidine + arginine.
n = 5.
Mean values with different letters within the same row differ significantly (p < 0.05).
KNBG, Korean native black goat; FAA, free amino acid.