Table 5. Pearson correlation between the various technological parameters of chicken emulsion sausages in a model system

Water Protein Fat Ash pH Cooking yield Water loss Fat loss TP SP MP Hard-ness Spring-iness Gum-miness Chewi-ness Cohesi-veness
Water 0.95** 0.12 0.30 0.97** 0.91** 0.97** 0.23 0.35 0.21 0.96** 0.37 0.47 0.38 0.21 0.93**
Protein 0.64 0.12 0.99*** 0.17 0.94** 0.58 0.28 0.26 0.20 0.85 0.39 0.44 0.33 0.25
Fat 0.85 0.71 0.44 0.36 0.68 0.19 0.19 0.23 0.94** 0.95** 0.37 0.39 0.28
Ash 0.82 0.26 0.62 0.35 0.79 0.69 0.19 0.76 0.91** 0.90** 0.35 0.36
pH 0.74 0.26 0.31 0.25 0.43 0.68 0.94** 0.05 0.36 0.40 0.34
Cooking yield 0.74 0.07 0.30 0.17 0.25 0.95** 0.85 1.00*** 0.26 0.98**
Water loss 0.80 0.23 0.21 0.14 0.78 0.76 0.92** 0.88 0.22
Fat loss 0.74 0.16 0.21 0.29 0.94** 0.88 0.84 0.71
TP 0.20 0.56 0.83 0.99 0.77 0.94* 0.30
SP 0.90** 0.20 0.74 0.68 0.79 0.91**
MP 0.56 0.25 0.84 0.77 0.62
Hardness 0.94 0.09 0.35 0.38
Springiness 0.90 0.99* 0.38
Gumminess 0.75 0.15
Chewiness 0.86
Cohesiveness
p<0.05,
p<0.01,
p<0.001.
TP, total protein; SP, sarcoplasmic protein; MP, myofibrillar protein.