Table 1. Effects of number of washes and salt treatment on meat color of protein recovered from pork leg compared with Alaska Pollock

Treatments L* a* b* W
C 70.71D±1.03 0.56E±0.25 4.80C±0.09 56.30D±1.10
T1 80.82A±0.97 6.81C±0.22 7.29A±0.12 58.94C±0.98
T2 75.55B±1.01 5.73D±0.19 6.52B±0.30 55.99D±0.67
T3 73.61C±1.10 10.87A±0.37 1.98D±0.24 67.68B±0.93
T4 69.33E±0.88 9.90B±0.35 −2.13E±0.31 75.73A±0.35
Means with different superscripts in the same column differ significantly (p<0.05).
W, whiteness ; C, protein recovered from Alaska Pollock by two washes and no salt treatment; T1, protein recovered from pork leg by two washes and no salt treatment; T2, protein recovered from pork leg by two washes and salt treatment; T3, protein recovered from pork leg by four washes and no salt treatment; T4, protein recovered from pork leg by four washes and salt treatment.