Table 2. The effect of injecting pineapple concentrate and honey on the surface color of beef with quality grade 2 on different days of storage

Traits Storage period (d) SEM1

0.5 7 14
CIE L* Non-injected 39.30 40.20 38.63 0.466
Injected 39.73 41.75 41.80 0.773
SEM2 0.311 0.415 0.976
CIE a* Non-injected 12.50b 14.67a 14.19a 0.366
Injected 13.54 15.81 14.35 0.781
SEM2 0.680 0.440 0.678
CIE b* Non-injected 10.45b 12.79a 11.25by 0.333
Injected 11.43 11.78 12.86x 0.520
SEM2 0.524 0.407 0.361