Table 3. CIE color, chroma, and hue angle 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)
Color CIE L* 77.00±0.30a 74.40±0.26c 74.50±0.36c 75.87±0.85b 0.346
CIE a* 4.23±0.29 3.93±0.12 4.13±0.31 4.37±0.45 0.091
CIE b* 17.03±0.21a 14.63±0.06c 15.80±0.71b 15.33±0.21b 0.299
Chroma 17.55±0.27a 15.15±0.03c 16.30±0.75b 15.95±0.20b 0.298
Hue angle 76.05±0.76 74.95±0.48 75.50±0.58 74.11±1.62 0.323
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.