Table 5. Sensory evaluation of goat meat emulsion-type sausage with various levels of added water and fat

Traits Treatments
T1 T2 T3 T4 T5
Color 9.22±0.58a 9.33±0.62a 9.21±0.63a 9.28±0.48a 9.28±0.53a
Tenderness 8.46±0.60b 8.69±0.36ab 9.04±0.48a 9.07±0.38a 9.09±0.43a
Juiciness 8.63±0.40b 8.64±0.35b 8.74±0.47b 9.12±0.44ab 9.38±0.57a
Flavor 8.78±0.55a 8.91±0.56a 9.04±0.69a 9.04±0.55a 8.88±0.75a
Goaty odor 8.30±0.78b 8.53±0.80ab 9.03±0.56a 8.96±0.53ab 8.61±0.44ab
Appearance 8.52±0.39ab 8.81±0.57a 9.20±0.56a 8.17±0.58b 8.17±0.62b
Overall acceptability 7.99±0.52c 8.54±0.39b 9.18±0.33a 8.59±0.40b 8.42±0.60bc
All values represented as mean±SD.
Means in the same row marked with different letters denote significant differences (p<0.05).
T1, water 5% and fat 25%; T2, water 10% and fat 20%; T3, water 15% and fat 15%; T4, water 20% and fat 10%; T5, water 25% and fat 5%.