Table 1.

Colour measurements of fresh meat

Time of exposure (min)	Parameters
	L*	a*	b*
Nitrogen plasma
0	41.79	6.47	1.19
5	39.81	6.52	1.57
10	41.06	6.30	1.50
Helium plasma
0	41.64	6.15	1.84
5	40.39	6.57	2.11
10	39.36	6.31	2.01
Argon plasma
0	42.28	6.55	1.67
5	41.32	6.45	1.78
10	40.98	6.89	1.83

No significant (P > 0.05) difference between all colour parameters