Table 3. Moisture, cooking loss and releasing water content of HBM steaks compared to control (pork steak)
Parameters (%) | Pork steak | TAG | TRC | TCA | TCP | p-value |
Moisture | 71.12±0.07d | 72.48±0.09c | 74.19±0.04b | 74.76±0.06a | 74.10±0.06b | 0.0001 |
CL | 31.86±0.07a | 16.39±0.02e | 24.36±0.09c | 23.71±0.02d | 31.21±0.02b | 0.0001 |
RW | 11.23±0.02c | 6.32±0.02e | 17.28±0.02a | 17.05±0.03b | 8.28±0.01d | 0.0001 |
Values are presented as mean±SEM.
Different superscript letters within the same row mean significantly different between treatments (p<0.05).
HBM, hybrid meat; TAG, treatment alginate paste; TRC, treatment carrot; TCA, treatment red cabbage, TCP, treatment chick pea; CL, cooking loss; RW, releasing water content.