Table 2. Cooking properties and shear force values of cooked ground pork patties containing 10% to 25% fat with 1.5% NaCl

Property Fat level (%)
10 15 20 25
Cooking time (s) 150.66±1.91a 144.38±2.00b 143.98±1.55b 123.59±1.53c
Total cooking loss (%) 23.38±0.13d 24.18±0.18c 27.38±0.17b 27.88±0.17a
Cooking drip (%) 8.10±0.10d 9.17±0.14c 12.22±0.15b 16.34±0.12a
Evaporation loss (%) 15.29±0.14a 15.01±0.12a 15.16±0.09a 11.54±0.11b
Evaporation ratio (%) 65.37±0.41a 62.11±0.39b 55.40±0.35c 41.39±0.31d
Reduction in patty diameter (%) 21.29±0.23b 21.35±0.30b 23.12±0.27a 22.09±0.33b
Reduction in patty thickness (%) 13.77±0.50b 14.34±0.52ab 15.95±0.52a 15.68±0.58a
Shear force (N) 23.21±0.63a 15.79±0.52b 12.85±0.69c 10.13±0.49d