Table 5. Sensory evaluation of the sous vide pork loin and sous vide after wet-aging with different conditions

Traits Raw meat Wet-aging conditions SEM
CR (2 wk) PEFR
0°C (3 wk) –1°C (4 wk)
Color 7.67±1.03b 8.75±0.27a 9.03±0.57a 9.15±0.51a 0.175
Taste 8.28±0.38c 8.45±0.69bc 9.05±0.68a 8.82±0.58ab 0.097
Rancid 8.75±0.76ab 7.80±0.97b 9.17±0.93a 8.58±0.58ab 0.188
Metallic 8.20±0.79ab 7.50±1.22b 9.00±1.07a 8.38±0.44ab 0.192
Flavor 8.22±0.44b 8.29±0.67b 9.00±0.92a 8.93±0.51a 0.101
Off-flavor 7.49±0.86b 7.29±0.95b 8.83±1.21a 8.40±1.14ab 0.233
Texture 7.93±0.80b 8.50±0.63ab 9.00±0.71a 8.82±0.68a 0.201
Overall acceptability 7.96±0.65b 8.56±0.78ab 9.00±0.76a 8.97±0.77a 0.123
All values are expressed as mean±SE.
Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
CR, commercial refrigerator; PEFR, pulsed electric field refrigerator.