Table 3. pH, cooking loss and color of frankfurters formulated for replacing pork meat with yellow mealworm

Parameters Control1) T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6
pH 5.98±0.02G 6.18±0.01F 6.22±0.01E 6.25±0.02D 6.28±0.01C 6.31±0.02B 6.39±0.01A

Cooking loss (%) 6.02±1.09D 5.30±0.20D 5.61±0.12D 12.02±1.35C 12.80±1.73C 14.39±1.39B 17.57±0.64A

Color L*-value 81.17±0.48A 75.72±0.62B 70.35±0.43C 67.15±0.38D 59.58±0.71E 56.75±0.93F 55.05±0.51F
a*-value 2.65±0.10D 1.90±0.13F 2.38±0.17E 2.78±0.16D 3.71±0.11C 4.11±0.26B 4.37±0.20A
b*-value 9.75±0.21F 13.02±0.48E 14.25±0.38D 15.71±0.46C 17.14±0.59B 17.81±0.53AB 18.34±0.77A