Table 2.

Color parameters (L*, a*and b*), pH and shear force (SF) of industrial and free-range broilers chicken breasts (mean ± SD, n = 3)

Chicken breasts	N	Color			pH	SF (kgf)
		L*	a*	b*
Industrial	12	53.59 ± 3.08a	3.05 ± 1.44a	4.97 ± 2.33b	5.90 ± 0.16a	2.52 ± 0.82b
Free-range	12	53.89 ± 3.87a	1.65 ± 0.49b	11.56 ± 3.38a	5.75 ± 0.11b	2.95 ± 0.99a
r > F		0.6818	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0025

Means followed by different letters in the same column differ by the F-test (p ≤ 0.05)