. 2014 Oct 31;34(5):582–590. doi: 10.5851/kosfa.2014.34.5.582

Table 3. Effect of antioxidant combination on sensory evaluation in chicken nugget during refrigerated storage for 12 d.

Trait¹	Treatment²	Storage period (d)				SEM³
Trait¹	Treatment²	0	3	7	12	SEM³
Flavor	Control	8.36^a	8.17^ab	7.89^b	7.00^c	0.105
	VC	8.27^a	8.06^a	7.94^a	7.05^b	0.100
	ME 0.05	8.41^a	8.00^ab	7.72^b	7.05^c	0.113
	ME 0.1	8.45^a	8.33^a	7.94^b	7.00^c	0.113
	ME 0.2	8.23^a	8.22^a	7.89^a	7.09^c	0.101
	VC+ME 0.05	8.55^a	8.22^ab	7.96^b	7.16^c	0.114
	VC+ME 0.1	8.32^a	8.11^a	7.56^b	7.20^b	0.092
	VC+ME 0.2	8.36^a	8.28^ab	8.00^b	7.23^c	0.093
SEM³		0.050	0.043	0.054	0.045
Odor	Control	8.64^a	8.36^a	7.61^b	7.09^c	0.128
	VC	8.36^a	8.45^a	7.72^b	7.05^c	0.124
	ME 0.05	8.55^a	8.27^a	7.44^b	7.00^c	0.131
	ME 0.1	8.32^a	8.41^a	7.83^b	7.10^c	0.102
	ME 0.2	8.48^a	8.27^a	7.7^ab	7.15^c	0.101
	VC+ME 0.05	8.18^a	8.23^a	7.78^b	7.27^c	0.085
	VC+ME 0.1	8.59^a	8.18^ab	7.61^b	7.25^d	0.105
	VC+ME 0.2	8.27^a	8.18^a	7.67^b	7.32^c	0.089
SEM³		0.052	0.056	0.059	0.046
Overall acceptability	Control	8.50^a	8.11^a	7.67^b	6.87^c	0.123
	VC	8.41^a	8.22^ab	7.78^b	6.91^c	0.135
	ME 0.05	8.45^a	8.17^ab	7.83^b	6.98^c	0.120
	ME 0.1	8.55^a	8.44^a	7.89^b	7.00^c	0.124
	ME 0.2	8.36^a	8.28^a	7.67^b	7.04^c	0.114
	VC+ME 0.05	8.23^a	8.33^ab	7.94^b	7.36^c	0.093
	VC+ME 0.1	8.36^a	8.17^ab	7.89^b	7.27^c	0.097
	VC+ME 0.2	8.32^a	8.22^a	7.91^b	7.23^c	0.088
SEM³		0.055	0.065	0.051	0.042

¹Sensory score: 1=extremely unacceptable, 2=very much unacceptable, 3=moderately unacceptable, 4=slightly unacceptable, 5=between acceptable and unacceptable, 6=s lightly acceptable, 7=moderately acceptable, 8=very much acceptable and 9=extremely acceptable. A mean score of 7 or above indicates an acceptable product. A mean score below 5.0 marks the end of chicken nugget shelf-life.

²Treatments are the same as in Table 1.

³SEM: Standard error of the mean (n=4).

Means with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05).

^a-dStorage day effects.