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. 2019 Aug 23;8(9):357. doi: 10.3390/foods8090357

Table 3.

Texture profile analysis (TPA) for the parameters hardness, cohesiveness, springiness, and chewiness in the emulsified meat system with nanoemulsion.

Days EMSN 0% EMSN 1% EMSN 2% EMSN 3% EMSN 4% EMSN 5%
Hardness (N) 1 12.49 ± 0.344 bA 12.38 ± 0.307 bA 12.63 ± 0.302 aA 13.44± 0.358 cA 14.11 ± 0.306 dA 14.57± 0.333 dA
15 13.68 ± 0.238 bB 12.93 ± 0.357 aB 12.94 ± 0.406 aB 14.52 ± 0.270 cB 15.16 ± 0.254 dB 15.53 ± 0.252 dB
30 14.40 ± 0.238 bC 13.51 ± 0.336 aC 14.13 ± 0.374 aB 15.43 ± 0.245 cC 16.57 ± 0.332 dC 16.47 ± 0.406 dC
45 15.12 ± 0.681 cD 13.73 ± 0.165 aC 14.94 ± 0.373 bC 16.43 ± 0.261 dD 17.58 ± 0.313 eD 17.50 ± 0.288 eD
60 17.76 ± 0.252 cE 14.59 ± 0.318 aD 15.25 ± 0.356 bD 17.58 ± 0.314 cE 18.40 ± 0.264 dE 18.52 ± 0.299 dE
Cohesiveness 1 0.65 ± 0.007 abC 0.65 ± 0.005 abC 0.64 ± 0.005 aD 0.65 ± 0.006 abC 0.64 ± 0.004 abD 0.65 ± 0.005 bC
15 0.64 ± 0.004 bC 0.63 ± 0.011 abB 0.63 ± 0.007 aC 0.63 ± 0.007 abB 0.63 ± 0.007 abC 0.63 ± 0.006 abB
30 0.63 ± 0.005 abB 0.63 ± 0.005 bB 0.62 ± 0.009 aBC 0.63 ± 0.004 abB 0.63 ± 0.006 abBC 0.63 ± 0.007 bB
45 0.62 ± 0.007 abB 0.61 ± 0.014 abA 0.61 ± 0.010 aAB 0.62 ± 0.007 abA 0.62 ± 0.004 bB 0.62 ± 0.005 abA
60 0.60 ± 0.011 aA 0.61 ± 0.010 abA 0.61 ± 0.009 abA 0.61 ± 0.007 abA 0.61 ± 0.008 abA 0.62 ± 0.006 bA
Springiness (mm) 1 4.36 ± 0.029 bA 4.33 ± 0.020 abC 4.34 ± 0.021 abC 4.32 ± 0.031 abD 4.31 ± 0.024 aB 4.31 ± 0.039 aB
15 4.35 ± 0.020 dB 4.26 ± 0.014 aB 4.33 ± 0.021 cdC 4.30 ± 0.024 bcCD 4.29 ± 0.024 bAB 4.29 ± 0.015 bAB
30 4.34 ± 0.018 cB 4.24 ± 0.017 aB 4.32 ± 0.019 cBC 4.27 ± 0.027 abBC 4.28 ± 0.023 abAB 4.28 ± 0.025 bAB
45 4.26 ± 0.023 abCA 4.23 ± 0.033 aB 4.30 ± 0.019 cAB 4.24 ± 0.036 abAB 4.26 ± 0.029 abcA 4.27 ± 0.031 bcAB
60 4.24 ± 0.024 bcA 4.18 ± 0.031 aA 4.28 ± 0.028 cA 4.21 ± 0.053 abA 4.25 ± 0.040 bcA 4.26 ± 0.030 cA
Chewiness (NXmm) 1 33.41 ± 1.25 aA 34.15 ± 0.887 bA 36.95 ± 0.543 bA 37.95± 0.358 cA 38.43 ± 0.990 cA 38.55± 0.525 cA
15 34.64 ± 1.04 aA 35.24 ± 0.792 aB 37.96 ± 0.921 bA 38.97 ±0.542 bcA 39.29 ±0.831 cAB 41.01 ± 0.752 dB
30 37.29 ± 1.04 bB 35.88 ±0.984 abC 42.00 ± 0.664 dB 41.64 ± 0.877 dB 40.14 ± 0.981 cB 42.72 ± 0.771 dC
45 38.78 ± 0.84 bC 36.23 ± 0.900 aC 43.33± 0.928 cC 42.63 ± 0.850 cB 42.05 ± 0.870 cC 43.29 ± 0.880 cC
60 41.26 ± 0.775 bD 37.23 ± 0.839 aD 45.98 ± 0.988 cD 45.31 ± 0.652 cC 45.15 ± 0.837 cD 46.25 ± 0.904 cD

Emulsified meat system with nanoemulsion (EMSN). The lowercase letters in the superscript indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) between treatments (rows). and uppercase letters indicate significant differences in each treatment with respect to time (columns) (p < 0.05).