Table 4. Water-holding capacity and tenderness related measurement of meat analog in relation to beef and pork

Parameter Treatment
Beef Pork MA p-value
Release water (%) 1.81±0.97a 1.55±0.98a 4.21±0.11b 0.000
Cooking loss (%) 6.53±0.41b 8.83±0.82b 15.68±0.33a 0.000
Diameter before cooking (%) 15.83±0.16 15.33±0.44 15.46±0.73 0.775
Diameter after cooking (%) 7.30±0.10a 9.71±0.43b 10.57±0.55c 0.000
Shear force (N) 3.79±0.81b 1.91±0.35a 2.74±0.58a 0.002
Data are means±SE.
Means with different superscripts within the same row are significantly different (p<0.05).
MA, meat analog.