Table 1. pH, color of chicken-breast sausage formulated with various levels of NaCl and bamboo salt

Traits NaCl (%) Bamboo salt (%)
0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2
pH Uncooked 5.73 ± 0.02d 5.68 ± 0.02e 5.68 ± 0.01e 5.65 ± 0.02e 5.77 ± 0.01c 5.90 ± 0.02b 5.93 ± 0.02b 5.94 ± 0.09a
Cooked 6.10 ± 0.04d 5.87 ± 0.02e 5.87 ± 0.03e 5.85 ± 0.16e 5.95 ± 0.04c 6.05 ± 0.03b 6.08 ± 0.02a 6.09 ± 0.01a
Color Uncooked CIE L* 70.68 ± 1.02a 68.86 ± 0.84bc 68.86 ± 0.25bc 68.70 ± 0.47bcd 69.20 ± 0.25b 67.76 ± 0.53d 69.20 ± 0.81bcd 72.8 ± 0.57d
CIE a* 3.77 ± 0.12b 3.73 ± 0.15b 3.67 ± 0.09bc 3.62 ± 0.28bc 3.45 ± 0.12c 3.55 ± 0.05bc 3.77 ± 0.09b 4.32 ± 0.12a
CIE b* 15.4 ± 0.34bc 15.9 ± 0.40c 15.6 ± 0.12bc 15.5 ± 0.17bc 16.5 ± 0.45a 15.6 ± 0.37bc 15.9 ± 0.31b 15.2 ± 0.22c
Cooked CIE L* 78.9 ± 0.40a 78.5 ± 0.45ab 78.0 ± 0.09ab 77.6 ± 1.04b 79.0 ± 0.80a 77.8 ± 1.07b 78.0 ± 0.28ab 78.0 ± 0.53ab
CIE a* 3.55 ± 0.1c 3.65 ± 0.19bc 3.72 ± 0.09bc 4.00 ± 0.21ab 3.67 ± 0.09bc 4.00 ± 0.21ab 4.20 ± 0.52a 4.17 ± 0.25a
CIE b* 14.5 ± 0.17b 14.3 ± 0.18bc 14.9 ± 0.39a 14.0 ± 0.21cd 13.8 ± 0.17d 13.4 ± 0.34e 13.3 ± 0.35e 13.3 ± 0.19e
All values are mean ± SD.
Mean in the all treatment with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).