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).