Table 2.
Yield, cooking loss, moisture content, water activity, water-holding capacity, and TBARS values for surimi gels.
| Sample | Yield (%) | Cooking loss (%) | Moisture content (%) | Water Activity | Water holding capacity (%) | TBARS (mg MDA eq/kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MWa | 14.00 ± 2.33fb | 26.47 ± 1.03d | 84.91 ± 0.41a | 0.93 ± 0.01def | 80.51 ± 0.88bc | 0.52 ± 0.03g |
| M2 | 19.13 ± 1.78f | 42.19 ± 1.67ab | 70.12 ± 1.24c | 0.92 ± 0.00fg | - c | 0.80 ± 0.09g |
| M11 | 16.00 ± 2.25ef | 42.87 ± 1.96a | 74.88 ± 0.03b | 0.94 ± 0.00abc | 85.65 ± 4.68b | 0.76 ± 0.02g |
| CW | 13.73 ± 1.27f | 33.73 ± 1.73c | 84.79 ± 0.79a | 0.90 ± 0.00h | 75.80 ± 6.15c | 1.35 ± 0.06f |
| C2 | 28.79 ± 0.22d | 33.64 ± 1.46c | 70.34 ± 0.21c | 0.92 ± 0.00ef | 81.21 ± 4.03b | 1.37 ± 0.21f |
| C11 | 20.30 ± 0.17e | 37.91 ± 1.09bc | 74.21 ± 0.89b | 0.92 ± 0.00ef | 84.90 ± 4.03b | 1.23 ± 0.09f |
| TW | 54.87 ± 0.20a | 37.63 ± 2.11c | 83.72 ± 0.21a | 0.91 ± 0.00g | 94.67 ± 1.03a | 2.75 ± 0.41c |
| T2 | 37.69 ± 1.81c | 37.29 ± 1.55c | 62.19 ± 0.84d | 0.93 ± 0.00cdef | 98.60 ± 0.46a | 6.78 ± 0.09a |
| T11 | 31.70 ± 1.70d | 42.09 ± 0.06ab | 59.44 ± 0.96a | 0.94 ± 0.00ab | 99.11 ± 0.19a | 1.89 ± 0.09e |
| BW | 45.13 ± 1.80b | 36.43 ± 0.40c | 71.27 ± 0.40c | 0.93 ± 0.00bcdf | 95.97 ± 2.53a | 2.43 ± 0.37cd |
| B2 | 42.03 ± 1.74bc | 43.20 ± 0.91a | 62.69 ± 1.20d | 0.94 ± 0.00a | 98.49 ± 0.81a | 3.12 ± 0.27b |
| B11 | 38.70 ± 2.50c | 37.46 ± 0.90c | 62.02 ± 1.43de | 0.93 ± 0.00abcd | 98.68 ± 0.54a | 2.29 ± 0.15d |
M: mealworm; C: cricket; T: tilapia; B: chicken breast; W: washing method; 2: acid-pH shift method (pH 2); 11: alkaline-pH shift method (pH 11).
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Different superscripts within columns represent significant differences at p < 0.05.
We could not analyze M2 because it did not form a gel structure.