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. 2021 Jun;59(2):185–193. doi: 10.17113/ftb.59.02.21.7062

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