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. 2014 Jul;27(7):1019–1025. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13734

Table 3.

Commission Internationale de I’Eclairage (CIE) color values and sensory properties1 of Musculus longissimus dorsi of Korean Native Black Pig and its crossbred with Duroc pig

Items Crossbreeding effect (C) p value2 Gender effect (G) p value2 p value2 of interaction (C×G)


KNP2 KNP×D2 Barrow Gilt
CIE color value
 Lightness (L*) 53.62±1.76 52.01±2.33 0.000 52.48±2.43 52.31±2.09 0.485 0.427
 Redness (a*) 10.55±1.81 7.03±1.82 0.000 7.62±2.16 8.39±2.63 0.029 0.002
 Yellowness (b*) 6.76±1.79 4.12±1.31 0.000 4.59±1.30 5.10±2.47 0.000 0.000
 Chroma (C*) 12.56±2.41 8.17±2.16 0.000 8.91±2.45 9.86±3.49 0.000 0.000
 Hue angle (H°) 32.30±3.72 29.98±4.86 0.000 31.06±3.94 29.75±5.67 0.567 0.000
Sensory properties3
 Color 6.9±0.7 5.9±0.8 0.000 6.3±0.9 6.6±0.9 0.218 0.678
 Taste 6.1±0.8 6.2±0.8 0.693 6.1±0.8 6.2±0.8 0.693 0.693
 Texture 6.1±0.8 5.8±0.7 0.141 6.0±0.7 5.9±0.8 0.831 0.831

KNP, Korean Native Black Pig; KNP×D, Korean Native Black Pig crossbred with Duroc.

1

Values were presented as mean±standard deviation.

2

p<0.05 was considered as significantly different.

3

9-points hedonic scales: 1 (very bad) to 9 (very good).