Table 3. Mineral status and pigment contents of dry-aged loin in pig fed control (CON) or whey powder (WP) supplemented diet from growing to fattening phase

	CON	WP	p-value
Fe (ppm)	99.43±0.40	112.98±1.50	0.009
Ca (ppm)	2.04±0.07	2.29±0.03	0.046
Total myoglobin (mg/g)	11.62±0.91	13.75±1.16	0.075
Myoglobin (%)	27.44±0.63	24.99±0.69	0.060
Oxymyoglobin (%)	35.80±0.70	42.80±0.89	0.004
Metmyoglobin (%)	38.65±1.60	33.75±0.41	0.083