Table 4. Effects of the different additives on the tenderness and textural characteristics of the pork emulsions

Treatment Additives Addition level (%) Textural properties
Shear force (kg) Hardness (kg) Cohesiveness (%) Springiness (mm) Gumminess (kg) Chewiness (kg,mm) Adhesiveness (kg s)
T1 - - 2.12 0.21 0.60 1.03 0.12 0.12 0.11
T2 Soy protein isolated (SPI) 0.5 2.52 0.22 0.52 1.03 0.12 0.12 0.10
T3 1.0 1.86 0.23 0.57 1.00 0.13 0.13 0.11
T4 1.5 2.09 0.23 0.61 1.07 0.14 0.16 0.11
T5 Sodium caseinate (SC) 0.5 2.92 0.21 0.53 1.00 0.11 0.11 0.10
T6 1.0 2.12 0.23 0.56 1.00 0.13 0.13 0.12
T7 1.5 2.12 0.19 0.55 1.02 0.11 0.11 0.10
T8 Blood plasma (BP) 0.5 2.85 0.20 0.54 1.00 0.11 0.11 0.10
T9 1.0 2.25 0.25 0.64 1.05 0.16 0.17 0.13
T10 1.5 2.21 0.22 0.60 1.02 0.13 0.13 0.12
SEM 0.04 0.07 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01
p-value
Contrast
 CON vs. Additives <0.001 1.86 0.202 0.670 0.357 0.535 0.487
 BP vs. SPI <0.001 2.09 0.347 0.843 0.861 1.000 0.125
 BP vs. SC <0.001 2.92 0.063 0.464 0.027 0.056 0.067
 SPI level (linear)1) <0.001 2.12 0.302 0.192 0.011 0.021 0.823
 SPI level (quadratic)1) <0.001 2.12 0.127 0.235 0.027 0.041 0.969
 SC level (linear)1) <0.001 2.85 0.179 0.371 0.503 0.342 0.361
 SC level (quadratic)1) <0.001 2.25 0.216 0.447 0.623 0.597 0.650
 BP level (linear)1) 0.003 2.21 0.915 0.444 0.069 0.073 0.116
 BP level (quadratic)1) <0.001 0.07 0.830 0.471 0.075 0.102 0.257
Data are means±SEM of 27 and 9 replicates for the CON treatment and other treatments, respectively.
p-values for the linear (L) and quadratic (Q) effects.