Table 1. Cooking loss and color of pork emulsion sausage formulated with various spinach powder levels

Traits Spinach powder (%)
0 (Control) 1 2 3
Cooking loss (%) 10.24 ± 0.54b 7.61 ± 0.30c 9.07 ± 1.16bc 12.44 ± 0.68a
Color Uncooked CIE L* 69.06 ± 0.77a 60.53 ± 0.20b 54.56 ± 1.47c 52.20 ± 1.45d
CIE a* 15.23 ± 3.29a 2.96 ± 0.66b 0.53 ± 0.55bc ‒2.03 ± 0.81c
CIE b* 15.93 ± 1.50b 22.00 ± 0.70a 22.06 ± 2.25a 22.93 ± 1.40a
Cooked CIE L* 73.86 ± 0.79a 58.60 ± 0.70b 51.66 ± 1.00c 49.30 ± 1.70d
CIE a* 9.00 ± 0.30a ‒0.33 ± 0.25b ‒2.63 ± 0.30c ‒3.43 ± 0.41d
CIE b* 19.10 ± 0.98b 25.20 ± 0.65a 25.23 ± 0.55a 23.26 ± 1.86a
All values are mean ± SD.
Mean in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).