Table 3. Proximate composition and total calories of pork steak with doneness

Traits Doneness Pork steak thickness (cm) SEM
1.5 2.0
Moisture (%) Raw 72.86Aa 72.38Aa 0.399
Medium-rare 62.54Ab 62.17Ab 0.179
Medium 59.53Ac 56.43Bc 0.209
Well-done 53.78Ad 51.75Bd 0.254
SEM 0.343 0.179
Crude protein (%) Raw 18.80Ac 19.86Ac 0.378
Medium-rare 20.41Ac 20.18Abc 0.506
Medium 23.20Ab 21.52Bb 0.113
Well-done 27.37Aa 27.26Aa 0.434
SEM 0.439 0.328
Crude fat (%) Raw 6.57Ac 7.92Ac 0.382
Medium-rare 15.79Bb 18.09Ab 0.186
Medium 15.64Bb 21.42Aa 0.215
Well-done 17.04Ba 20.75Aa 0.362
SEM 0.243 0.346
Crude ash (%) Raw 1.02Bb 1.17Ab 0.024
Medium-rare 1.02Ab 1.10Ab 0.024
Medium 1.05Ab 1.07Ab 0.046
Well-done 1.35Aa 1.36Aa 0.020
SEM 0.034 0.026
Total calorie (kcal/100 g) Raw 139.50Bc 162.82Ad 3.867
Medium-rare 229.54Bb 249.39Ac 1.490
Medium 240.14Bb 285.12Ab 1.810
Well-done 643.61Ba 675.00Aa 7.060
SEM 4.844 3.418
Means within a pork steak thickness with different superscript differ significantly at p<0.05.
Means within a doneness with different superscript differ significantly at p<0.05.