Table 3. Proximate composition of pork regular-fat sausages as affected by different drying methods and levels of grape tomato powder

Treatments Parameters
Moisture (%) Fat (%) Protein (%)
CTL 64.3a 19.3a 13.9d
REF 63.4a 19.9a 14.1cd
F1 64.3a 19.8a 14.4bcd
F2 64.5a 19.5a 14.6ab
O1 63.0a 20.9a 15.0a
O2 63.4a 20.9a 14.6abc
Storage days
 0 65.2A 18.6B 14.7A
 3 64.1ABC 19.6AB 14.7A
 7 64.7AB 20.2AB 14.3AB
 14 62.8C 20.2AB 14.6AB
 21 62.6C 20.9A 14.1B
 28 63.4BC 20.7A 14.3AB
Means with different superscripts in the treatment are different (p<0.05).
Means with different superscripts in the storage time are different (p<0.05).
CTL, control; REF, reference (0.1% Ascorbic acid); F1, sausages mixed with 0.25% of freeze drying grape tomato powder (≤150 μm mesh) (F1GTPSs); F2, sausages mixed with 0.5% of freeze drying grape tomato powder (≤150 μm mesh) (F2GTPSs); O1, sausages mixed with 0.25% of oven dried grape tomato powder (≤150 μm mesh) at 100°C oven (O1GTPSs); O2, sausages mixed with 0.5% of oven dried grape tomato powder (≤150 μm mesh) at 100°C oven (O2GTPSs).