Table 5. Sensory characteristics and subjective evaluation of longissimus thoracis from finishing pigs supplemented with humic acid and blueberry leaf powders

Treatments
CON T1 T2 T3 T4 T5
Sensory characteristics Tenderness 2.50±1.04b 3.05±0.89a 3.06±0.68a 3.54±0.80a 3.20±0.83a 3.03±0.96a
Juiciness 3.09±0.88ab 2.94±1.10b 3.18±0.81ab 3.64±0.79a 3.05±1.09ab 2.80±1.13b
Flavor 2.26±0.75c 2.74±1.03bc 3.10±0.85ab 3.42±0.93a 3.03±0.97ab 3.23±1.19ab
Total acceptability 2.88±0.97b 3.09±0.94ab 3.14±0.75ab 3.57±0.85a 3.22±0.99ab 2.98±1.17ab
Subjective evaluation Mabling 2.88±0.68a 2.11±0.89b 1.97±0.65b 2.16±1.01b 2.05±0.88b 1.80±0.66b
Color 3.42±0.88a 3.00±0.87ab 2.97±0.61ab 2.90±0.70b 2.88±0.59b 2.91±0.83b
Texture 3.45±0.49 3.59±0.67 3.35±0.49 3.50±0.67 3.48±0.70 3.40±0.49
Pork characteristics 3.35±0.83 3.46±0.64 3.22±0.65 3.23±0.68 3.09±0.69 3.11±0.71
Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
CON, no addition; T1, blueberry leaf powder 0.1%; T2, blueberry leaf powder 0.2%; T3, humic acid 2%; T4, humic acid 2%+blueberry leaf powder 0.1%; T5, humic acid 2%+blueberry leaf powder 0.2%.