Table 3. Effects of gelatin coating with/without sonication on aging loss, cooking loss, and water holding capacity (WHC) of wet-aged pork loins

Traits (%) G0 G0S G1 G1S G5 G5S
Aging loss 2.89±0.27a 2.58±0.20ab 2.45±0.30ab 2.41±0.12ab 2.47±0.06ab 1.95±0.41b
Cooking loss 36.15±0.23d 37.05±0.25c 36.89±0.17c 37.20±0.19c 40.32±0.20b 41.31±0.22a
WHC 47.93±0.62b 45.17±0.72c 51.83±0.72a 33.38±0.43d 31.15±0.75e 29.12±0.56f
Mean±SE of three replicates is presented.
Different letters indicate a significant difference (p<0.05).
p<0.05,
p<0.01,
p<0.001.
G0 (control), without gelatin coating and sonication; G0S, non-gelatin coated with sonication; G1, 1% gelatin-coated without sonication; G1S, 1% gelatin-coated with sonication; G5, 5% gelatin-coated without sonication; G5S, 5% gelatin-coated with sonication; NS, not significant.