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%.