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.