Table 4. Effects of NaCl concentration and pressure levels on the textural properties of pork loins

Pressure (MPa) Control Brine injection treatments
0.70% NaCl 1.50% NaCl
Hardness (N)
 0.11) 82.10±11.32aA,2) 54.50±6.19cB 61.93±10.72B
 100 73.52±14.35abA 53.26±5.25cB 66.87±11.77AB
 200 57.07±7.05b 44.71±8.65c 49.57±10.97
 300 59.71±9.76bB 80.32±6.21bA 54.86±10.99B
 400 64.40±15.86b 52.13±4.79c 52.35±3.75
 500 82.87±13.06aB 103.88±8.63aA 49.65±12.60C
Cohesiveness
 0.1 0.53±0.02a 0.51±0.03ab 0.50±0.01a
 100 0.41±0.02cB 0.52±0.01aA 0.50±0.02aA
 200 0.47±0.03bA 0.42±0.02cB 0.51±0.04aA
 300 0.48±0.01bA 0.47±0.06abA 0.41±0.02bB
 400 0.50±0.02b 0.49±0.01ab 0.48±0.03a
 500 0.50±0.03bA 0.46±0.03bcAB 0.43±0.02bB
Springiness (mm)
 0.1 2.56±0.12B 2.93±0.05abA 2.94±0.07aA
 100 2.41±0.14C 3.05±0.14aA 2.85±0.14abB
 200 2.30±0.14B 2.60±0.08cdA 2.76±0.18bA
 300 2.53±0.23 2.80±0.19bc 2.47±0.13c
 400 2.51±0.12B 2.82±0.15bcA 2.71±0.09bA
 500 2.42±0.20 2.54±0.27d 2.38±0.07c
Without high pressure treatment
The lowercase (a-c) and uppercase (A-C) superscripts indicate significant difference among pressure and NaCl concentration, respectively (p<0.05).