Research Article

Solar Drying and Sensory Attributes of Eland (Taurotragus oryx) Jerky

Table 5

Overall sensory evaluation of eland meat samples dried in DPSD .

Pretreatments
TMTMPTMHTMCCL
MeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSD

General look2.171.922.462.05
General likableness of taste0.761.831.691.48
Colour intensity2.322.311.971.87
Colour likableness1.951.981.811.64
Hardness2.452.351.922.07
Chewiness2.041.882.52.18
Sappiness2.32.091.762.52
General texture1.371.811.392.14

Mean values with different superscripts within a same row are significantly different . Extrabold type signs the best evaluated parameter for the pretreatment.