Table 2. Properties of freeze-thawed pork and rehydrated freeze-dried pork powder

Treatment SEM1)
Freeze-thawed pork Freeze-dried pork powder
Protein oxidation
 Protein carbonyl (nmol/mg) 1.31B 2.14A 0.061
 Free sulfhydryl groups (nmol/mg) 53.47B 55.76A 0.533
Protein solubility (mg/g)
 Total protein solubility 110.00A 101.24B 0.596
 Sarcoplasmic protein solubility 37.18A 35.91B 0.307
 Myofibrillar protein solubility 72.82A 65.33B 0.751
Non-heme iron content (ppm) 1.55 1.53 0.101
Standard error of the least square mean (n=6).
Different capital letters in the same row indicate a significant difference between the means (p<0.05).