Table 7. Effect of aerobic, vacuum and different modified atmosphere packagings on sensory properties of poultry breast fillets
Packaging methods | Storage time (D) | p-value |
0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | d | trt | d×trt |
Color | Control | 7.00a±0.13 | 6.19fg±0.17 | 5.58h±0.16 | 6.03g±0.12 | 5.58h±0.16 | 0 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
VP | 6.78abcde±0.13 | 6.06fg±0.16 | 6.50bcdefg±0.11 | 4.81i±0.24 | 4.72i±0.19 | 6.08fg±0.12 |
MAP-1 | 6.86abc±0.14 | 6.83abcd±0.13 | 6.31efg±0.19 | 6.56abcdef±0.15 | 6.06fg±0.13 | 6.53abcdef±0.15 |
MAP-2 | 6.89ab±0.13 | 6.36defg±0.11 | 6.39cdefg±0.14 | 6.39cdefg±0.15 | 6.11fg±0.16 | 6.56abcdef±0.16 |
Flavor | Control | 6.94ab±0.17 | 6.36cde±0.19 | 5.53g±0.22 | 4.75h±0.21 | 3.00i±0.12 | 0 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
VP | 6.86abc±0.16 | 6.47abcde±0.22 | 6.67abcd±0.22 | 5.81fg±0.24 | 6.75abc±0.16 | 6.08ef±0.16 |
MAP-1 | 6.42bcde±0.20 | 6.06ef±0.22 | 6.14def±0.23 | 6.17def±0.17 | 6.92abc±0.15 | 5.50g±0.17 |
MAP-2 | 7.03a±0.14 | 6.86abc±0.11 | 6.47abcde±0.12 | 6.58abcde±0.16 | 6.47abcde±0.13 | 5.78fg±0.14 |
Tenderness | Control | 5.83c±0.15 | 6.19abc±0.23 | 6.39abc±0.26 | 6.39abc±0.27 | 2.06d±0.17 | 0 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
VP | 6.44abc±0.18 | 6.50ab±0.24 | 6.64ab±0.20 | 7.03a±0.19 | 6.86ab±0.19 | 7.06a±0.17 |
MAP-1 | 6.39abc±0.18 | 6.69ab±0.27 | 6.64ab±0.20 | 7.03a±0.19 | 6.86ab±0.19 | 6.81ab±0.20 |
MAP-2 | 6.89a±0.19 | 6.47abc±0.24 | 6.64ab±0.20 | 7.03a±0.19 | 6.67ab±0.18 | 6.42abc±0.19 |
Juiciness | Control | 6.28bcd±0.25 | 5.75def±0.33 | 5.28efg±0.30 | 4.78g±0.26 | 1.19h±0.07 | 0 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
VP | 7.28a±0.15 | 6.50bc±0.24 | 6.08cde±0.26 | 5.53defg±0.28 | 5.39efg±0.27 | 5.33efg±0.21 |
MAP-1 | 6.83ab±0.19 | 6.06cde±0.25 | 5.56defg±0.30 | 5.39efg±0.26 | 5.33efg±0.26 | 5.33efg±0.26 |
MAP-2 | 6.89ab±0.19 | 6.03cde±0.25 | 5.61def±0.31 | 5.67def±0.28 | 5.25efg±0.25 | 5.11fg±0.23 |
Overall acceptability | Control | 7.22ab±0.13 | 6.81bcd±0.14 | 6.28def±0.18 | 4.39i±0.29 | 1.19j±0.07 | 0 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
VP | 7.17ab±0.16 | 6.75bcde±0.29 | 6.00fg±0.27 | 5.31h±0.26 | 5.31h±0.26 | 5.31h±0.26 |
MAP-1 | 7.17ab±0.12 | 6.94bc±0.13 | 6.50cdef±0.16 | 6.28def±0.25 | 6.22def±0.25 | 6.14efg±0.25 |
MAP-2 | 7.58a±0.10 | 7.22ab±0.13 | 6.94bc±0.17 | 6.50cdef±0.28 | 6.47cdef±0.17 | 5.89fg±0.19 |
Control, aerobic packaging; VP, vacuum packaging; MAP-1, modified atmosphere packaging 1 (0% O2, 40% CO2, 60% N2); MAP-2, modified atmosphere packaging 2 (20% O2, 40% CO2, 40% N2).
Superscripts indicate a statistical significant difference between days and treatment (p<0.05).