Journal of Food Quality

Research Article

Shelf Life Extension of Veal Meat by Edible Coating Incorporated with Zataria multiflora Essential Oil

Table 4

Changes in color variables of SC and SC + ZMEO coated meat samples during 15 days of storage at refrigerated temperatures^a.


	Storage days at 4°C
	1	5	10	15

SC	41.08 ± 0.43^Aa	38.95 ± 0.16^Ba	31.25 ± 0.33^Cc	—
SC + 0.5% ZMEO	40.56 ± 0.26^Aa	38.12 ± 1.08^Bab	33.42 ± 0.27^Cb	—
SC + 1% ZMEO	37.54 ± 018^Ab	37.95 ± 0.23^Bbc	36.05 ± 0.41^Ca	35.11 ± 0.09^Da
SC + 1.5% ZMEO	36.06 ± 0.38^Ab	35.95 ± 0.13^Ac	34.28 ± 0.37^Bab	33.11 ± 0.12^Cb

SC	12.54 ± 0.11^Ac	10.11 ± 0.14^Bd	7.92 ± 0.22^Cc	—
SC + 0.5% ZMEO	12.45 ± 0.08^Ac	11.09 ± 0.11^Bc	7.65 ± 0.22^Cc	—
SC + 1% ZMEO	13.87 ± 0.18^Ab	13.93 ± 0.09^Ab	12.26 ± 0.28^Bb	13.11 ± 0.08^Ab
SC + 1.5% ZMEO	15.11 ± 0.22^Aa	15.45 ± 0.21^Aa	15.87 ± 0.08^Aa	15.33 ± 0.09^Aa

SC	15.19 ± 0.17^Ad	13.23 ± 0.32^Bd	11.41 ± 0.19^Cc	—
SC + 0.5% ZMEO	16.76 ± 0.21^Ac	14.76 ± 0.14^Bc	11.09 ± 0.06^Cc	—
SC + 1% ZMEO	17.33 ± 0.35^Ab	17.45 ± 0.08^Ab	16.11 ± 0.08^Bb	17.09 ± 0.04^Ab
SC + 1.5% ZMEO	19.05 ± 0.19^Aa	18.98 ± 0.17^Aa	19.27 ± 0.11^Aa	19.08 ± 0.13^Aa

SC, sodium caseinate; ZMEO, Zataria multiflora essential oil. Data represent the mean value of three replicates ± SD. Means within each row with different uppercase letters are significantly different (), and means within each column with different lowercase letters are significantly different ().