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. 2016 Oct 31;5(4):74. doi: 10.3390/foods5040074

Table 4.

pH changes in minced meat added with the preservatives tested during storage. Different letters in the same row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).

Storage Day Batch
CM SM NM AM CHM
pH 0 5.64 ± 0.12 b 5.69 ± 0.07 b 5.73 ± 0.04 b 5.07 ± 0.06 a 5.03 ± 0.09 a
3 6.51 ± 0.05 c 6.31 ± 0.03 b 6.33 ± 0.04 b 5.38 ± 0.06 a 5.40 ± 0.05 a
6 6.99 ± 0.03 c 6.65 ± 0.10 b 6.70 ± 0.07 b 5.55 ± 0.05 a 5.58 ± 0.07 a
9 7.42 ± 0.08 c 7.05 ± 0.12 b 7.10 ± 0.05 b 5.92 ± 0.06 a 5.96 ± 0.09 a