Table 4 Textural properties of ground pork meat products formulated with natural calcium mixtures and various binding ingredients

Traits Treatments1)
Control (+) Treatment 1 Treatment 2 Treatment 3 Treatment 4 Treatment 5 Treatment 6
Hardness (kg) 5.74±0.17A 4.82±0.15C 5.33±0.16ABC 4.89±0.23C 4.99±0.22C 5.04±0.22BC 5.59±0.17AB
Springiness 0.93±0.00A 0.93±0.00A 0.93±0.00A 0.94±0.00A 0.93±0.00A 0.93±0.00A 0.93±0.00A
Cohesiveness 0.73±0.00A 0.74±0.00A 0.73±0.00A 0.73±0.00A 0.74±0.00A 0.74±0.00A 0.74±0.00A
Gumminess (kg) 4.18±0.13A 3.55±0.12B 3.87±0.11AB 3.59±0.16B 3.69±0.15B 3.75±0.15B 4.16±0.12A
Chewiness (kg) 3.91±0.12A 3.30±0.10C 3.60±0.11C 3.36±0.15C 3.44±0.14C 3.48±0.14BC 3.86±0.11AB
All values are presented as means±standard error of triplicates.
A–C Means within the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
1) Control, 0.3% phosphate blend added; Treatment 1, 0.5% natural calcium mixtures (NCM; 0.2% oyster shell calcium powder and 0.3% egg shell calcium powder) and 0.25% egg white powder added; Treatment 2, 0.5% NCM and 0.25% whey protein concentrate added; Treatment 3, 0.5% NCM and 0.25% concentrated soybean protein added; Treatment 4, 0.5% NCM and 0.25% isolated soybean protein added; Treatment 5, 0.5% NCM and 0.25% carrageenan added; Treatment 6, 0.5% NCM and 0.25% collagen powder added.