Table 4. Proximate composition and functionality of pork emulsified-sausages added with paprika oleoresin solution

Treatments1)
REF CTL TRT1 TRT2
Moisture (%) 62.2±0.66a 62.2±1.10a 62.9±1.45a 62.8±1.27a
Fat (%) 18.1±0.67a 18.8±0.84a 18.2±0.66a 18.5±0.79a
Protein (%) 13.9±0.10a 13.9±0.17a 14.0±0.13a 13.9±0.10a
Cooking loss (%) 1.95±1.14a 1.93±0.59a 2.13±1.45a 1.90±0.77a
Hardness (gf) 2,861±733a 2,666±602a 2,833±632a 3,030±574a
Springiness (mm) 5.38±0.90a 5.55±0.88a 5.34±0.13a 5.15±0.20a
Gumminess 24.4±5.56a 21.0±6.01a 19.8±2.75a 22.8±3.11a
Chewiness 133±9.50a 105±19.8a 108±19.4a 119±19.1a
Cohesiveness 0.01±0.00a 0.01±0.00a 0.01±0.00a 0.01±0.00a
Treatments: REF, Emulsified-sausage (ES) added with 150 ppm sodium nitrite (NaNO2); CTL, ES added with 75 ppm NaNO2; TRT1, ES added with 75 ppm NaNO2+0.1% paprika oleoresin solution (POS, 1% paprika oleoresin+99% sunflower seed oil); TRT2, ES added with 75 ppm NaNO2+0.1% POS (5% paprika oleoresin+95% sunflower seed oil).
Means having the same superscripts in the same column are not significantly different (p>0.05).