Table 5. Texture profile analysis and proximate composition of reduced-salt, low-fat pork model sausages (LFMSs) formulated with different levels of faba bean protein isolate (FBPI) and microbial transglutaminase (MTG)

Parameters Treatment1)
CTL REF MTG FBPI FBTG
Hardness 2,879±256c 4,378±314b 3,700±178b 4,275±287b 5,974±433a
Springiness 4.95±0.24a 6.04±0.10a 7.19±1.00a 5.96±1.48a 8.29±0.38a
Gumminess 26.7±4.84a 42.3±7.90a 31.4±3.86a 41.7±10.4a 50.1±7.60a
Chewiness 143±35.4c 239±27.2ab 205±26.7bc 240±7.63ab 320±58.4a
Cohesiveness 0.87±0.01a 0.95±0.01a 0.78±0.06a 1.02±0.03a 1.00±0.13a
Moisture (%) 79.2±1.52a 81.0±1.27a 79.0±1.36a 81.2±0.94a 81.3±0.86a
Fat (%) 2.38±0.48a 2.59±0.35a 2.40±0.72a 2.19±0.53a 2.10±0.22a
Protein (%) 13.4±0.06a 13.2±0.15a 13.6±0.06a 14.2±0.12a 14.1±0.08a
Treatments: CTL, LFMS with 1.0% salt; REF, LFMS with 1.5% salt; MTG, LFMS with 1.0% salt and 1.0% MTG; FBPI, LFMS with 1.0% salt and 1.5% FBPI; FBTG, LFMS with 1.0% salt, 1.5% FBPI, and 1.0% MTG.
Means having the same superscripts in the same row are not different (p>0.05).