Table 2. Effect of various salts on proximate composition and salinity of cured pork loin.
Parameters | Refined salt | Solar salt | Bamboo salt |
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Moisture (%) | 70.24±1.69 | 69.27±1.25 | 69.65±1.19 |
Protein (%) | 21.21±0.79 | 21.31±1.04 | 21.19±1.11 |
Fat (%) | 5.39±0.52 | 5.33±0.31 | 5.28±0.38 |
Ash (%) | 2.53±0.14 | 2.69±0.15 | 2.81±0.19 |
Salinity (%) | 3.25±0.21A | 2.89±0.18B | 3.00±0.21B |
All values are mean±standard deviation of triplicates.
A,BMeans within a row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).