Table 1.
Sensory testing of the fluffy quality in eight commercially available brands of pork floss.
| Sensory attributes | Brand |
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| TC | YJJ | HQ | DD | MZX | SS | LYW | WSM | |
| Knot-head size | 2.95 ± 0.78e | 5.04 ± 0.81 d | 7.56 ± 0.57c | 6.55 ± 0.68 b | 7.11 ± 0.81a | 8.42 ± 0.54a | 7.89 ± 0.88a | 8.26 ± 0.77a |
| Thickness | 3.25 ± 0.83 b | 1.84 ± 0.69a | 7.05 ± 0.74 b | 6.49 ± 0.74e | 4.26 ± 0.66c | 7.84 ± 0.77f | 7.68 ± 0.75f | 8.16 ± 0.86a |
| Coarseness | 3.89 ± 0.94a | 4.69 ± 0.85 b | 6.11 ± 0.74 b | 5.72 ± 0.88 d | 7.74 ± 0.73e | 6.16 ± 0.83 | 4.84 ± 0.69 b | 7.11 ± 0.82 d |
| Hardness | 2.26 ± 0.87a | 3.79 ± 0.86 b | 5.95 ± 0.71c | 6.79 ± 1.03 d | 7.16 ± 0.83 d | 7.89 ± 0.88f | 8.21 ± 0.59f | 8.16 ± 0.56f |
| Fluffiness | 7.95 ± 0.85f | 8.47 ± 0.51f | 5.16 ± 0.69e | 7.44 ± 0.83 b | 2.47 ± 0.70 b | 3.84 ± 0.77c | 1.63 ± 0.50a | 2.32 ± 0.96 b |
| Uniformity | 8.24 ± 0.77f | 7.74 ± 0.73f | 7.26 ± 0.65 g | 6.68 ± 1.00e | 4.11 ± 0.94c | 4.84 ± 0.57 d | 2.89 ± 0.74 b | 1.89 ± 0.60a |
| Color consistency | 8.87 ± 0.51c | 8.47 ± 0.80c | 5.11 ± 0.74 b | 6.74 ± 0.87 b | 4.68 ± 0.67a | 4.05 ± 0.78a | 4.42 ± 0.61a | 4.21 ± 1.18a |
| Intactness | 7.99 ± 0.86 d | 7.84 ± 0.90 d | 6.32 ± 0.75 d | 6.93 ± 0.73c | 5.98 ± 0.91c | 6.05 ± 0.91c | 4.91 ± 0.78 b | 3.79 ± 0.99a |
| Likeness | 8.37 ± 0.60f | 7.94 ± 0.94f | 6.79 ± 0.79 d | 7.43 ± 0.60f | 5.32 ± 0.95c | 4.16 ± 0.90 b | 2.26 ± 0.81a | 3.32 ± 1.33 b |
Note: Means ± standard errors with different superscripts within a column are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05) according to Turkey's HSD test (Honestly significant difference).