Table 2.
The color and pH values of large yellow croaker muscles with different freezing treatments.
Treatment | Color |
pH | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
L* | a* | b* | ||
Fresh | 47.74 ± 0.76c | 5.44 ± 0.25a | 4.55 ± 0.71a | 6.99 ± 0.03a |
AF | 53.13 ± 0.14a | 5.65 ± 0.36a | 4.13 ± 1.33a | 6.85 ± 0.04b |
IF | 50.74 ± 0.91a | 5.43 ± 0.61a | 4.44 ± 0.16a | 6.86 ± 0.01b |
SUF | 48.79 ± 2.09bc | 5.30 ± 0.10a | 4.49 ± 0.81a | 6.87 ± 0.01b |
DUF | 48.57 ± 3.44c | 5.48 ± 0.38a | 4.09 ± 0.69a | 6.87 ± 0.02b |
TUF | 47.96 ± 1.97bc | 5.43 ± 0.77a | 4.59 ± 0.92a | 6.88 ± 0.01b |
The means in the same column with different letters differ significantly (p < 0.05). Fresh, fresh fish; AF, air freezing; IF, immersion freezing; SUF, single-ultrasound assisted freezing; DUF, dual-ultrasound assisted freezing; TUF, triple-ultrasound assisted freezing.