Table 2. Cooking yield and emulsion stability of chicken-breast sausage formulated with various levels of seawater or salt

Traits NaCl (Con) SW10 SW15 SW20
Cooking yield (%) 79.02±0.03a 74.46±0.77b 79.90±1.00a 81.36±0.48a
Emulsion stability Water loss (%) 24.05±0.15ab 26.51±0.78a 25.65±1.07ab 23.62±0.30b
Fat loss (%) 1.46±0.03 1.37±0.01 1.10±0.03 0.38±0.05
All values are means±SD.
Con, sausage with 1.2% NaCl and 20% iced water; SW10, sausage with 10% seawater and 10% iced water; SW15, sausage with 15% seawater and 5% iced water; SW20, sausages with 20% seawater.
Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).