Table 1. Color and pH of pork restructured jerky added with various levels of tomato puree and basil powder
Traits | | Treatments |
Control | T4B1 | T3B2 | T2B3 | T1B4 |
Color | L* (lightness) | 48.96±1.04a | 43.28±0.60b | 43.18±0.95b | 40.96±1.91c | 40.20±1.66c |
a* (redness) | 6.70±0.71a | 7.53±1.04a | 5.32±0.61b | 2.23±0.62c | 2.95±0.37c |
b*(yellowness) | 13.26±0.98a | 12.42±1.23ab | 12.25±0.21ab | 11.25±0.49ab | 10.85±0.07b |
pH | | 5.91±0.02a | 5.82±0.01d | 5.87±0.01b | 5.87±0.01b | 5.85±0.01c |
All values are mean±SD.
Mean in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
Control: tomato puree 0%, basil powder 0%; T4B1: tomato puree 4%, basil powder 1%; T3B2: tomato puree 3%, basil powder 2%; T2B3: tomato puree 2%, basil powder 3%; T1B4: tomato puree 1%, basil powder 4%.