Table 5. Effects of different treatments on the heme iron content (μg/g) of ground pork during 9 days of refrigerated storage

Treatment Storage time (days)
1 3 5 7 9
UT 17.17±2.08Aabc 13.55±2.37Babc 14.21±2.59ABa 11.69±1.95Bab 6.13±2.25Cc
HT 16.04±1.49Abc 14.33±1.42Babc 13.35±1.15Bab 13.34±1.98Ba 11.34±1.57Cb
SCT 1 14.12±2.49Ac 10.80±4.67ABbc 9.36±2.75BCb 6.19±0.71Cd 6.73±0.19BCc
SCT 2 17.56±2.89Aabc 13.15±3.03ABabc 14.07±2.33ABa 11.26±3.64Babc 9.96±3.06Bb
SCT 3 15.07±3.06ABc 17.89±7.62Aa 11.03±3.30Bab 10.49±0.19Babc 15.23±2.32ABa
SCT 4 19.65±2.79Aab 13.27±0.87Babc 9.37±1.16Cb 9.18±1.54Cbc 10.29±2.16Cb
SCT 5 20.60±1.11Aa 10.42±1.84BCc 13.53±5.36Bab 8.53±2.08Ccd 10.74±2.07BCb
SCT 6 15.82±1.60Ac 15.65±0.40Aab 12.30±3.09Bab 9.96±1.30Bbc 10.09±2.52Bb
SCT 7 19.73±2.93Aa 13.67±1.06Babc 14.60±3.49Ba 9.52±2.25Cbc 12.22±1.41BCb
UT: untreatment (control); HT: heat treatment (40°C for 2 h); SCT: supercritical CO2 treatment (1, 35°C/17.2 MPa/2 h; 2, 40°C/17.2 MPa/2 h; 3, 45°C/17.2 MPa/2 h; 4, 40°C/17.2 MPa/0.5 h; 5, 40°C/17.2 MPa/1 h; 6, 40°C/13.8 MPa/2 h; 7, 40°C/20.7 MPa/2 h).
Different capital letters on the same row indicate significant differences between storage time for the same treatment (p<0.05).
Different lowercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences between treatments on the same storage time (p<0.05).