Table 5. pH and aw of dry-aged pork loin ham treated with mustard extract at different ethanol concentrations
| Traits | Treatments | Dry-aging periods (wk) |
| 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| pH | Control | 5.76±0.06cA | 5.82±0.02bA | 5.83±0.00bA | 5.96±0.04aA |
| MS25 | 5.76±0.05cA | 5.75±0.04cB | 5.81±0.01bB | 5.85±0.01aB |
| MS50 | 5.75±0.03aA | 5.75±0.02aB | 5.75±0.02aC | 5.76±0.02aC |
| MS75 | 5.76±0.04aA | 5.75±0.03aB | 5.75±0.02aC | 5.75±0.02aC |
| aw | Control | 0.97±0.00aA | 0.92±0.00bA | 0.85±0.00cA | 0.77±0.00dA |
| MS25 | 0.97±0.00aA | 0.90±0.01bB | 0.84±0.00cB | 0.74±0.00dB |
| MS50 | 0.97±0.00aA | 0.90±0.00cC | 0.80±0.00cC | 0.74±0.00dB |
| MS75 | 0.97±0.00aA | 0.93±0.01bA | 0.84±0.00cB | 0.74±0.00dB |
All values represented as mean±SD.
Means in the same column marked with different letters denote significant differences (p<0.05).
Means in the same row marked with different letters denote significant differences (p<0.05).
Control, dry-aged pork loin ham without mustard extracts; MS25, dry-aged pork loin ham with mustard seed extracts with 25% ethanol; MS50, dry-aged pork loin ham with mustard seed extracts with 50% ethanol; MS75, dry-aged pork loin ham with mustard seed extracts with 75% ethanol.