Table 2. The pH, cooking loss, reduction in thickness, reduction in diameter, and shear force of traditional patties or phosphate-free patties cured with Chinese cabbage or radish powder

Treatments1) pH Cooking loss (%) Reduction in patty thickness (%) Reduction in patty diameter (%) Shear force (N)
Control (−) 6.21±0.02D 24.09±0.61A 10.36±0.65A 12.09±0.35A 18.07±0.46B
Control (+) 6.39±0.02C 13.99±0.33D 6.93±0.45B 10.15±0.23B 19.81±0.33A
Treatment 1 6.64±0.02B 19.07±0.53B 7.85±0.55B 10.93±0.43B 18.76±0.34AB
Treatment 2 6.81±0.04A 17.26±0.40C 7.59±0.63B 10.71±0.27B 19.72±0.30A
Treatment 3 6.65±0.02B 17.73±0.40C 7.87±0.55B 10.91±0.31B 19.01±0.52AB
Treatment 4 6.81±0.04A 16.97±0.54C 7.54±0.41B 10.72±0.30B 19.73±0.37A
All values are presented as the mean±SE.
Treatments: control (−), no synthetic or natural additives; control (+), synthetic additives; treatment 1, 0.4% CP+0.3% OP; treatment 2, 0.4% CP+0.6% OP; treatment 3, 0.4% RP+0.3% OP; and treatment 4, 0.4% RP+0.6% OP.
Superscript letters within a column indicate statistically significant differences (p<0.05).
CP, Chinese cabbage powder; OP, oyster shell powder; RP, radish powder.