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. 2024 Nov 30;66(6):1149–1161. doi: 10.5187/jast.2023.e106

Table 5. Comparing the meat quality of different breeds of pig with and without coffee supplementation (%).

Coffee −1) Coffee + SEM p-value
LYD YB YW YB YW Breeds YB vs YW
0 1 3 2 4 0 vs 1 vs 3 1 + 2 vs 3 + 4
Belly
 WHC 67.48b 72.36a 70.53a 73.20 71.37 0.735 0.008 0.999
 Cooking loss 25.35 24.86 25.93 25.67 26.13 1.200 0.426 0.753
 Drip loss 6 1.91a 1.14b 1.48b 1.07 1.31 0.103 0.003 0.559
 Drip loss 12 2.05 1.74 2.28 1.94 2.08 0.226 0.154 0.389
 Drip loss 24 0.96 0.74 0.94 0.90 0.97 0.111 0.273 0.596
 Drip loss 48 0.67 0.54 0.45 0.58 0.54 0.085 0.478 0.775
Loin
 WHC 81.26 83.03 81.85 83.13 81.99 0.700 0.074 0.980
 Cooking loss 31.13a 27.84b 30.15a 27.99 30.45 0.799 0.005 0.926
 Drip loss 6 3.23 1.97 2.04 1.99 2.01 0.244 0.835 0.912
 Drip loss 12 1.29 1.20 1.35 1.05 1.04 0.119 0.495 0.397
 Drip loss 24 1.31 1.02 1.09 1.14 1.17 0.094 0.614 0.814
 Drip loss 48 0.54 0.65 0.57 0.56 0.54 0.110 0.645 0.770
1)

−, without SCG; +, with 0.5% SCG.

a,b

Mean values within a row with different superscript letters were significantly different (p < 0.05).

LYD, Landrace × Yorkshire × Duroc; YB, Yorkshire × Berkshire; YW, Yorkshire × Woori; WHC, water holding capacity; SCG, spent coffee grounds.