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.