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.