Table 4. Sensory properties of pork restructured jerky formulated with various levels of sunflower seed
Traits | Sunflower seed (%) |
0 (control) | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Color | 7.33±0.33 | 7.67±0.37 | 7.78±0.32 | 8.17±0.29 |
Flavor | 6.89±0.39b | 7.78±0.22a | 7.83±0.29a | 8.00±0.29a |
Tenderness | 8.00±0.41 | 8.22±0.40 | 8.11±0.39 | 8.00±0.33 |
Juiciness | 7.89±0.45 | 8.11±0.45 | 8.06±0.50 | 7.44±0.34 |
Off-flavor | 8.89±0.20b | 9.67±0.17a | 9.67±0.24a | 9.44±0.29ab |
Texture | 7.11±0.35 | 7.89±0.48 | 7.78±0.46 | 7.44±0.44 |
Overall acceptability | 7.25±0.41 | 8.31±0.39 | 8.31±0.56 | 7.88±0.40 |
All values are mean±SD.
Mean in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).