Research Article

The Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Whey-Fed Pork Loin after Salting, Dry Aging, and Sous Vide Cooking

Table 6

Texture profile analysis of dry-aged, sous vide-cooked pork loin in pigs fed a whey powder-supplemented diet.

ItemsHardness (N)Springiness (cm)Chewiness (N∙cm)Gumminess (N)Cohesiveness

Treatment
ASC24.310.8010.3213.960.54
ASW21.440.799.0611.100.54
SEM0.3000.0140.2750.3130.014
value<0.0010.610<0.01<0.0010.654

Aging (d)
024.61a0.72b9.7514.25a0.55
1522.36b0.84a9.8312.12b0.54
3021.65b0.84a9.4911.22b0.53
SEM0.3680.0170.3370.3840.017
value<0.001<0.0010.770<0.0010.688

Treatment×aging interaction
ASC×026.760.7410.9316.550.56
×1523.010.8310.2912.870.55
×3023.150.849.7412.450.52
ASW×022.460.708.5611.950.54
×1521.710.849.3611.370.52
×3020.150.849.259.990.54
SEM0.5200.0240.4760.5430.024
p value<0.050.4730.159<0.050.643

ASC, dry-aged, sous vide-cooked control diet pork loin; ASW, dry-aged, sous vide-cooked whey-fed pork loin. SEM: standard error of the mean. a-bMeans within the same column with different letters are significantly different ().