Table 4. Texture profile analysis of beef during aging
Company | Category | Day 0 | Day 7 | Day 14 | Day 21 | Day 28 | Day 42 | Day 63 |
A | Hardness (kg) | 15.83±4.84NS | 11.51±4.54 | 10.62±5.42 | 12.25±4.85 | 11.53±2.01 | 10.67±1.12 | 13.26±1.42 |
Springiness | 0.79±0.07B | 0.81±0.08AB | 0.85±0.05AB | 0.88±0.06A | 0.55±0.04D | 0.85±0.01AB | 0.65±0.05C |
Gumminess (kg) | 7.34±1.72A | 5.80±2.37AB | 5.55±3.39AB | 6.18±2.70AB | 4.06±0.87B | 5.02±0.22AB | 4.91±0.28AB |
Chewiness (kg) | 5.75±1.08A | 4.66±1.95AB | 4.81±3.20AB | 5.42±2.39A | 2.24±0.48B | 4.28±0.16AB | 3.19±0.10AB |
Cohesiveness | 0.47±0.04A | 0.50±0.03A | 0.50±0.05A | 0.50±0.05A | 0.35±0.02B | 0.47±0.03B | 0.37±0.02B |
B | Hardness (kg) | 12.03±1.50BC | 7.58±5.09D | 13.97±1.65AB | 9.35±1.53CD | 10.70±1.64BCD | 10.23±2.31BCD | 18.43±3.74BA |
Springiness | 0.90±0.03A | 0.86±0.06AB | 0.91±0.03A | 0.89±0.02AB | 0.82±0.14AB | 0.76±0.06AB | 0.76±0.16B |
Gumminess (kg) | 5.26±0.97AB | 3.52±2.81B | 6.16±0.67A | 4.53±0.77AB | 3.76±1.28B | 3.42±0.81B | 5.50±0.54AB |
Chewiness (kg) | 4.75±0.94B | 2.98±2.22B | 5.62±0.56A | 4.02±0.66B | 3.12±1.32B | 2.67±0.44B | 4.16±0.58B |
Cohesiveness | 0.43±0.03AB | 0.44±0.07AB | 0.45±0.09AB | 0.49±0.06A | 0.35±0.09C | 0.33±0.01BC | 0.30±0.04C |
C | Hardness (kg) | 9.98±1.68BC | 8.27±1.54CD | 8.38±2.15CD | 6.23±0.29F | 14.64±2.49A | 12.56±1.65AB | 14.33±0.91A |
Springiness | 0.92±0.01NS | 0.91±0.04 | 0.91±0.02 | 0.90±0.03 | 0.74±0.03 | 0.86±0.01 | 0.87±0.05 |
Gumminess (kg) | 4.94±0.90A | 4.50±0.97A | 4.56±1.17AB | 2.91±0.32B | 5.07±0.95A | 5.29±0.26A | 4.70±1.80A |
Chewiness (kg) | 4.54±0.86AB | 4.11±0.91AB | 4.14±1.09AB | 2.60±0.30B | 3.72±0.56AB | 4.57±0.17A | 4.17±1.87AB |
Cohesiveness | 0.48±0.02ABC | 0.55±0.02A | 0.52±0.05AB | 0.47±0.05BC | 0.35±0.01DE | 0.43±0.08CD | 0.33±0.11E |
Values are represented as mean±SD.
Different superscript letters in the same row indicate significant differences at p<0.05.