Table 1. Protein surface hydrophobicity and sulfhydryl (-SH) group levels of pork myofibrillar protein (MP) gels with and without lyophilized salt-soluble protein powder extracted from Protaetia brevitarsis (PB) and Tenebrio molitor (TM) larvae

Treatments Hydrophobicity (μg) -SH group level (μmol/g protein)
MP 13.7±5.18a 97.5±1.22a
TM 1% 11.7±5.70a 96.3±1.52a
TM 2% 14.0±5.06a 88.3±11.7a
PB 1% 10.8±3.99a 94.4±3.38a
PB 2% 13.3±5.69a 92.9±4.92a
Means with different superscripts in the same parameter are different (p<0.05).