Table 1. Changes in meat color of pork loins treated ultrasound during wet and dry combined aging
Measurement | Wet-dry aging period (d) | SEM | Contrast |
0 | 7–3 | 7–7 | 14–3 | 14–7 | 21–3 | 21–7 | AG | US | AG×US |
C | T | C | T | C | T | C | T | C | T | C | T | C | T |
CIE L* | 50.7cd | 51.1bcd | 50.5d | 50.1cd | 49.6d | 48.9d | 53.2abc | 53.6ab | 49.6d | 49.4d | 55.0a | 55.0a | 54.6a | 55.5a | 2.73 | <0.001 | 0.643 | 0.977 |
CIE a* | 7.89bcde | 7.83cde | 7.74de | 9.47a | 7.95bcde | 8.13bcde | 9.14ab | 8.24abcde | 8.00bcde | 7.25e | 8.34abcde | 9.14ab | 9.07abc | 8.67abcd | 1.23 | 0.006 | 0.689 | 0.015 |
CIE b* | 1.80g | 2.19fg | 3.12ef | 6.33a | 3.55e | 6.02ab | 3.74de | 6.34c | 5.04bc | 6.65a | 4.65cd | 6.37a | 5.69abc | 6.36a | 1.19 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.002 |
Means with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different.
C, control; T, treatment; AG, aging; US, ultrasound.