MMQ (Multifunctional Meat Quality Determination Software) measures meat colour, marbling and intramuscular fat from cross-section images. It is written for Windows and is aimed at enterprise users. The default species is pig. A separate browser tool, PorkMS, grades pork marbling from fat area ratio without installing the desktop program.

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Pork Marbling Measurement System runs in the browser. It reports fat ratio and a marbling grade. Images are processed locally and are not uploaded.

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Start the desktop program as administrator. The initial account in the manual is username admin and password 1.

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Before a sample is measured, set the measurement mode, the scoring model and the measurement time. The status bar shows the current choices and the save path.

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Pig is the default species. Marbling score and intramuscular fat are measured on the 24-hour setting.

Cattle can be chosen from the File menu. The measurement steps are the same as for pig.

Sheep can be chosen from the File menu before a new information template is created.

Chicken can be chosen from the File menu. PorkMS, the browser tool, is for pork marbling only.