Table 3. Texture profile of pork loin by two aging conditions
| Condition | Aging period (d) |
0 | 7 | 14 | SEM | ANOVA |
Hardness (kgf) | Dry | 1.35b | 1.82a | 1.17Bc | 0.099 | P*** |
Wet | 1.35b | 1.66a | 1.57Aa | 0.048 | T×S* |
SEM | 0.004 | 0.056 | 0.090 | | |
Chewiness (kgf, mm) | Dry | 1.06 | 0.97 | 0.47B | 0.165 | |
Wet | 1.06 | 0.97 | 0.85A | 0.153 | |
SEM | 0.298 | 0.081 | 0.105 | | |
Adhesiveness (kgf) | Dry | 0.23 b | 0.47 a | 0.15Bb | 0.052 | |
Vacuum | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.31A | 0.024 | |
SEM | 0.026 | 0.037 | 0.041 | | |
Means in the same row within the same aging condition with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
Means in the same column within the same aging period with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
p<0.05,
p<0.01,
p<0.001.
ANOVA, two-way ANOVA analysis among the treatments; P, aging period; T, treatments; S, storage.