Table 3. Meat quality attributes of M. longissimus dorsi porcine muscle from Berkshire finishing pigs fed supplemented diet with black raspberry (Rubus coreanus Miquel) fruit by-product

Item Male Female SEM2) Effect (p<0.05)
0% RCFB1) 0.3% RCFB 0% RCFB 0.3% RCFB
pH 5.45c 5.50bc 5.64a 5.58ab 0.03 S
WHC (%) 72.89b 73.01b 76.62ab 79.16a 1.58 S
CIE L* 46.64a 46.99a 44.35b 45.12b 0.50 S
CIE a* 15.10 15.57 15.59 17.57 1.49 NS
CIE b* 7.64a 7.92a 7.08b 6.57b 0.20 S
Cooking loss (%) 12.92a 11.87ab 10.42b 10.81b 0.46 S
Shear force (kg·f) 5.10 4.89 6.19 6.21 0.39 S
RCFB, basal diet supplemented with black raspberry (Rubus coreanus Miquel) fruit by-product.
n=15.
Mean values with different superscripts letters within the same row differ significantly (p<0.05).
Male, barrow; female, sow; S, significant influence of sex; NS, not significant.