Table 4. Effect of different aging temperature on Hunter color values of beef treated by electron beam irradiation
Storage (d) | Temperature (℃) | L* | a* | b* |
|
Control | Irradiated (2 kGy) | SEM1) | Control | Irradiated (2 kGy) | SEM | Control | Irradiated (2 kGy) | SEM |
0 | - | 39.58 | 42.99 | 0.91 | 21.51x | 18.90y | 0.45 | 7.28 | 6.92 | 0.35 |
5 | 2 | 41.16x | 37.12by | 0.53 | 20.58 | 19.16 | 0.73 | 6.69x | 4.55y | 0.55 |
10 | 40.93x | 39.15ay | 0.45 | 20.46x | 19.45y | 0.21 | 6.91x | 5.35y | 0.24 |
25 | 39.70x | 38.14aby | 0.47 | 20.56x | 19.21y | 0.23 | 5.65 | 5.36 | 0.16 |
SEM | 0.52 | 0.43 | | 0.58 | 0.28 | | 0.44 | 0.24 | |
10 | 2 | 42.27 | 42.37a | 1.48 | 21.31abx | 19.75by | 0.46 | 7.94x | 5.37y | 0.28 |
10 | 41.70x | 39.60by | 0.39 | 21.73ax | 20.35aby | 0.38 | 8.31x | 5.42y | 0.09 |
25 | 44.00x | 37.24cy | 0.91 | 20.18b | 21.24a | 0.38 | 7.92x | 5.51y | 0.09 |
SEM | 1.33 | 0.59 | | 0.42 | 0.39 | | 0.23 | 0.11 | |