Table 3. Effect of different aging temperature on cooking loss of pork shoulder treated by electron beam irradiation
Storage (day) | Temperature (°C) | Cooking loss (%) |
Control | Irradiated (2 kGy) | SEM1) |
0 | | 10.21 | 10.46 | 0.27 |
2 | 2 | 9.62 | 10.40b | 0.67 |
10 | 13.02 | 13.24a | 1.05 |
25 | 13.15 | 14.32a | 0.95 |
SEM2) | 1.03 | 0.77 | |
4 | 2 | 15.07 | 14.52 | 0.94 |
10 | 15.83 | 15.22 | 1.21 |
25 | 18.00 | 16.85 | 0.87 |
SEM2) | 0.87 | 1.12 | |
8 | 2 | 18.77 | 19.80b | 0.92 |
10 | 20.48y | 24.86ax | 1.16 |
25 | 21.88y | 27.39ax | 0.77 |
SEM | 0.96 | 0.97 | |
n=12,
n=24.
Values with different letters within the same column differ significantly (p<0.05).
Values with different letters within the same row differ significantly (p<0.05).