Table 1. Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), volatile basic nitrogen (VBN), and total plate count (TPC) of the sous vide pork loin and sous vide after wet-aging with different conditions

Traits Raw meat Wet-aging conditions SEM
CR (2 wk) PEFR
0°C (3 wk) –1°C (4 wk)
TBARS (mg MDA/kg) 0.20±0.01c 0.22±0.01a 0.21±0.01a 0.21±0.01b 0.002
VBN (mg/100 g) 1.87±0.32c 3.74±0.32a 3.17±0.28b 2.99±0.32b 0.159
TPC (Log CFU/g) 1.99±0.20d 5.67±0.30a 3.25±0.40c 3.74±0.16b 0.405
All values are expressed as mean±SE.
Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
CR, commercial refrigerator; PEFR, pulsed electric field refrigerator; MDA, malondialdehyde.