Table 5. Texture properties of the enhanced beef during storage at 4°C

Treatment1) Storage days SEM
1 5 10
Hardness (N)
 Enhancement
  Control 293.39 284.17 299.62a 29.022
  Enhanced beef 254.32 273.61 258.82b 16.633
  SEM 28.417 24.002 18.275
 Source
  EBS 297.58a 292.23 267.63 23.748
  EBW 0.2 266.00a 264.78 258.88 34.598
  EBW 0.5 199.37by 263.83x 249.97xy 21.649
  SEM 19.722 32.008 23.883
Chewiness
 Enhancement
  Control 81.70 81.95 95.40a 11.855
  Enhanced beef 74.76 80.00 70.72b 5.498
  SEM 8.321 9.545 7.473
 Source
  EBS 84.33a 84.92 74.58 7.737
  EBW 0.2 78.67ab 76.96 68.01 13.492
  EBW 0.5 61.26b 78.09 69.56 6.437
  SEM 7.045 12.490 7.127
Gumminess
 Enhancement
  Control 170.03 161.43 181.52a 17.315
  Enhanced beef 146.44 159.70 152.02b 10.269
  SEM 16.665 16.318 10.284
 Source
  EBS 171.90a 169.10 159.50 13.300
  EBW 0.2 152.01a 155.24 147.75 23.486
 EBW 0.5 115.40by 154.77x 148.81xy 13.056
  SEM 12.292 21.958 13.053
Control: no enhanced beef; EBS: the enhanced beef by 0.5% (w/w) sodium chloride; EBW 0.2: the enhanced beef by 0.5% (w/w) sodium chloride and 0.2% (w/w) powder of winter mushroom juice; EBW 0.5: the enhanced beef by 0.5% (w/w) sodium chloride and 0.5% (w/w) powder of winter mushroom juice.
Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences between means (p < 0.05).
Different letters in the same row indicate significant differences between means (p < 0.05).
SEM, standard error of the least square mean.