Table 3. Effect of wheat sprout on pH and color of reduced-fat chicken patties
| Traits | Treatments1) |
|
Control | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 |
Uncooked | pH | 6.27±0.01a | 6.24±0.02b | 6.23±0.02bc | 6.21±0.01c | 6.18±0.02d | 6.16±0.02d | 6.13±0.02e |
L*-value | 74.48±1.25a | 73.19±1.63ab | 54.62±1.84d | 49.42±1.29e | 72.31±0.99b | 59.39±0.84c | 48.74±1.69e |
a*-value | 4.70±0.89a | 4.66±0.92a | −3.84±0.53c | −5.17±0.15b | 3.77±0.64b | −4.14±0.23e | −6.12±0.18c |
b*-value | 12.39±1.28f | 14.77±1.03e | 26.15±1.37c | 26.99±2.20bc | 16.71±1.58d | 29.16±0.76a | 28.43±0.76ab |
Cooked | pH | 6.30±0.02a | 6.27±0.02b | 6.24±0.01c | 6.25±0.02c | 6.24±0.01c | 6.23±0.02c | 6.20±0.01d |
L*-value | 81.32±0.48a | 80.57±1.31b | 64.93±0.68d | 58.94±1.18e | 80.12±0.35b | 67.90±1.39c | 59.77±0.86e |
a*-value | 0.38±0.12a | 0.37±0.09a | −5.98±0.18c | −6.99±0.32d | −0.29±0.11b | −5.93±0.21c | −8.22±0.31e |
b*-value | 9.35±0.31d | 9.53±0.45d | 20.11±0.42c | 21.56±1.10b | 9.62±0.43d | 19.60±0.24c | 23.43±0.53a |