. 2023 Nov 17;103(2):103279. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103279

Table 2A.

Effect of PEO on L*, a*, and b* of ground turkey meat on days 0, 1, 3, 5, and 7 of storage at 4°C.

L*	Day 0	Day 1	Day 3	Day 5	Day 7
NC	56.94 ± 2.33^a	49.55 ± 0.81^a	53.89 ± 1.03^a	57.65 ± 0.45^a	58.53 ± 1.72^a
1% PEO	54.95 ± 1.87^a	52.16 ± 0.90^a	57.54 ± 1.11^a	59.95 ± 1.17^a	59.67 ± 0.60^a^,b
2% PEO	58.07 ± 0.84^a	56.22 ± 1.22^b	60.45 ± 1.13^b	63.92 ± 0.85^b	63.80 ± 0.92^b
2.5% PEO	59.44 ± 1.75^a	57.07 ± 0.55^b	60.11 ± 1.02^b	63.65 ± 0.77^b	62.29 ± 0.95^a^,^b
a*	Day 0	Day 1	Day 3	Day 5	Day 7
NC	5.40 ± 0.64^a	6.24 ± 0.45^a	5.22 ± 0.39^a	3.82 ± 0.65^a	3.46 ± 0.36^a
1% PEO	5.82 ± 0.98^a	6.65 ± 0.25^a	6.03 ± 0.25^a	3.96 ± 0.74^a	5.53 ± 0.43^b
2% PEO	6.21 ± 0.58^a	6.98 ± 0.60^a	5.60 ± 0.60^a	4.71 ± 0.81^a	5.98 ± 0.40^b
2.5% PEO	5.78 ± 0.76^a	6.53 ± 0.34^a	6.28 ± 0.31^a	5.74 ± 0.37^a	7.04 ± 0.43^b
b*	Day 0	Day 1	Day 3	Day 5	Day 7
NC	16.37 ± 0.71^a	15.47 ± 0.40^a	14.70 ± 0.53^a	17.24 ± 0.31^a	15.00 ± 0.98^a
1% PEO	16.61 ± 1.18^a	16.35 ± 0.52^a	15.31 ± 0.45^a	17.46 ± 0.44^a	16.50 ± 0.16^a
2% PEO	17.69 ± 0.65^a	17.11 ± 0.48^a	14.99 ± 0.81^a	16.46 ± 0.64^a	16.13 ± 0.54^a
2.5% PEO	16.63 ± 1.26^a	17.24 ± 0.51^a	16.35 ± 0.46^a	16.35 ± 0.46^a	16.24 ± 0.46^a

The color values for each group are represented as Mean ± SE (n = 6).

^a,b

Values with different superscripts at a single time point significantly differ at P < 0.05.