Table 2. Changes in pH and water-holding capacity 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 |
pH | 5.74b | 5.70cde | 5.72bcd | 5.69de | 5.72bcd | 5.67e | 5.75ab | 5.72a | 5.78a | 5.74bc | 5.67e | 5.68e | 5.75ab | 5.73bcd | 0.04 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.092 |
Moisture | 58.3bcd | 59.1ab | 58.1bcd | 58.5abc | 57.6cd | 57.0d | 59.2ab | 59.8a | 57.6cd | 57.0d | 57.9bcd | 57.6cd | 57.3cd | 56.9d | 1.33 | <0.001 | 0.963 | 0.402 |
CL | 23.81b | 23.16bc | 25.34a | 25.11a | 23.54f | 21.56g | 20.41e | 25.32a | 20.89de | 22.24cd | 21.27de | 22.33cd | 19.71e | 19.68e | 1.62 | <0.001 | 0.003 | <0.001 |
RW | 11.63a | 11.44a | 7.64bc | 6.89bcd | 7.11bcd | 6.82bcd | 5.94de | 6.43b | 4.62ef | 4.91ef | 6.55cd | 6.62cd | 4.11f | 4.42f | 1.39 | <0.001 | 0.299 | 0.056 |
Means with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different.
C, control; T, treatment; AG, aging; US, ultrasound.