Table 3. Proximate analysis, physicochemical properties, texture profile and CIE L*a*b* colour coordinates of the processed sausages with different mass fractions of guava epicarp flour extract (guava extract).
| Parameter | Control | w(guava extract in sausage)/% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | T3 | ||
| 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | |
| Proximate analysis | ||||
| w(dry matter)/% | (31.6±0.3)a | (31.1±0.1)a | (32.1±1.2)a | (31.4± 0.3)a |
| w(protein)/% | (61.35±0.08)a | (60.6±0.2)a | (61.35±0.08)a | (61.35±0.08)a |
| w(fat)/% | (18.2±0.1)a | (18.2± 0.1)a | (18.2±0.1)a | (18.2±0.1)a |
| w(ash)/% | (7.8±0.3)a | (8.3±0.3)a | (7.8±0.4)a | (7.8± 0.5)a |
| E/(kJ/g) | (22.7±0.6)a | (22.2±0.2)a | (22.7±0.6)a | (22.7±0.1)a |
| Physicochemical property | ||||
| pH | (5.4±0.3)a | (5.5±1.1)a | (5.4±0.8)a | (5.4±0.8)a |
| WHC/% | (95.8±0.6)a | (95.6±0.1)a | (96.0±0.4)a | (96.1±0.2)a |
| aw | (1.0±1.4)a | (1.0±0.3)a | (1.0±0.6)a | (1.0±0.4)a |
| ESI/% | (98.0±0.3)a | (99.2±1.0)a | (98.8±0.3)a | (98.9±1.0)a |
| Texture profile | ||||
| Hardness/N | (41.6±0.2)a | (41.0± 0.2)a | (41.8±0.8)a | (40.6±0.1)a |
| Cohesiveness | (-0.01±0.73)a | (-0.01±0.91)a | (-0.01±0.86)a | (-0.01±0.26)a |
| Elasticity/mm | (1.0±1.2)a | (0.8±1.9)b | (0.9±0.5)b | (0.9±0.6)a |
| Chewiness/(N/mm) | (22.3±0.1)a | (23.1±0.08)a | (22.9±0.4)a | (22.4±0.2)a |
| Adhesiveness/(N/mm) | (-0.4±0.6)a | (-0.3±0.1)a | (-0.3±0.2)a | (-0.3±0.5)a |
| Gumminess/N | (9.6±0.3)a | (9.9±0.4)a | (10.2±0.6)b | (10.0±0.6)b |
| CIE L*a*b* colour coordinate | ||||
| L* | (75.7±0.6)a | (75.4±0.4)a | (77.4±0.4)b | (77.7±0.5)b |
| a* | (3.8±0.2)a | (4.5±0.2)b | (4.09± }0.07)b | (3.1±0.2)a |
| b* | (10.01±0.2)a | (10.3±0.09)a | (10.7±0.3)a | (10.7±0.3)a |
| C* | (10.8±0.2)a | (11.25±0.03)b | (11.4±0.2)b | (11.2±0.3)b |
| h° | (69.0±1.2)a | (66.38±1.09)b | (69.0±0.8)a | (73.9±0.6)c |
| ΔE | - | (0.8±0.2) | (1.9±0.4) | (2.3±0.4) |
WCH=water holding capacity, ESI=emulsion stability index
L*: 0=black and 100=white, a*: -60=green and +60=red, b*: -60=blue and +60=yellow, h=tone angle: 90°=yellow, 180°=green and 0°=red, C*=saturation index, distance from the coordinates at the origin to the determined colour point, ∆E=total difference of colour
The results are shown as mean value±S.D. (N=3)
Different letters in superscript in the same row indicate that there is a significant effect between the samples, p<0.05