Table 1.

Physical-Chemical Characteristics of Meat, Isotonic Solution and Paraffin Wax.

Properties	Mean ± SD
Meat
Moisture (g/100 g meat) *	75.5 ± 3.0
Protein (g/100 g meat) *	20.2 ± 0.4
Fat (g/100 g meat) *	3.5 ± 2.5
Ash (g/100 g meat) *	1.2 ± 0.0
pH	5.8 ± 0.2
Water activity	0.98 ± 0.0
${\rho }_{\mathrm{meat}}$(g/cm3)	1.07 ± 0.0
Isotonic solution
Water activity	0.98 ± 0.0
${\rho }_{\mathrm{IS}}$(g/cm3)	1.02 ± 0.01
Paraffin wax
${\rho }_{\mathrm{wax}}$(g/cm3)	0.76 ± 0.01

SD: standard deviation; *: values on wet weight basis.