Table 3. Water holding capacity, jelly and fat separation, cooking yield and emulsion stability of fresh sausages formulated with different levels of gelled emulsion (GE)

Samples WHC (%) JFS (%) TEF (%) EFAT (%) CY (%)
C 73.20a±1.02 13.57c±1.49 5.92c±1.76 15.44b±2.88 89.37a±1.09
GE50 71.13ab±3.11 17.19b±1.14 13.27ab±2.91 18.32b±3.11 84.40b±4.62
GE75 67.57b±1.34 25.40a±1.01 17.53a±1.67 25.45a±5.33 75.90d±0.43
GE100 69.35b±1.43 16.83b±0.97 11.48b±2.21 14.81b±1.82 80.24c±0.67
Data are presented as the mean values of replications±SD.
Means with the different letter in the same column are significantly different (p<0.05).
WHC, water-holding capacity; JFS, jelly and fat separation; TEF, total expressible fluid; EFAT, expressible fat; CY, cooking yield; C, fresh sausages formulated without GE; GE50, fresh sausages formulated with GE as 50% fat replacer; GE75, fresh sausages formulated with GE as 75% fat replacer; GE100, fresh sausages formulated with GE as 100% fat replacer.