Table 3. Effect of thyme and rosemary on the color of sausages during storage

Item Treatment1) Storage (wk)
0 2 4 6
L* C 81.34±0.39AB 81.33±0.18B 81.47±0.05C 81.24±0.06C
T1 81.57±0.19A 81.46±0.38B 81.87±0.24B 81.31±0.28C
T2 80.78±0.24B 80.65±0.32C 80.84±0.16D 80.61±0.09D
T3 81.43±0.47AB 81.53±0.38B 81.91±0.13B 81.60±0.04B
T4 82.01±0.44A 82.21±0.15A 82.34±0.13A 82.00±0.19A
a* C 6.40±0.18Ab 6.97±0.38Aa 6.32±0.03Ab 6.51±0.04Ab
T1 5.49±0.09Cb 5.92±0.09BCa 5.80±0.19Ca 5.97±0.13Ba
T2 5.35±0.03CDb 6.12±0.20Ba 5.38±0.09Db 5.45±0.16Cb
T3 6.16±0.18Ba 5.50±0.10CDb 6.01±0.05Ba 6.03±0.02Ba
T4 5.13±0.09D 5.01±0.56D 5.27±0.07D 5.12±0.02D
b* C 8.18±0.15Ca 7.50±0.21Db 8.31±0.06Ca 8.25±0.07Ca
T1 8.81±0.08ABa 8.52±0.03BCb 8.69±0.10Bab 8.76±0.17Ba
T2 8.81±0.07ABb 8.32±0.10Cc 9.13±0.12Aa 9.13±0.17Aa
T3 8.70±0.28B 8.90±0.13AB 8.61±0.08B 8.68±0.09B
T4 9.02±0.08A 9.03±0.49A 8.99±0.04A 9.10±0.05A
W* C 56.79±0.79Ab 58.83±0.58Aa 56.54±0.15Ab 56.49±0.23Ab
T1 55.14±0.38B 55.89±0.32B 55.81±0.26BC 55.02±0.76BC
T2 54.34±0.06Bb 55.68±0.53Ba 53.45±0.52Dc 53.22±0.55Dc
T3 55.32±1.32B 54.83±0.77B 56.09±0.34AB 55.57±0.29B
T4 54.95±0.54B 55.13±1.42B 55.36±0.11C 54.69±0.09C