Table 2. Properties of freeze-thawed pork and rehydrated freeze-dried pork powder.
| Treatment | SEM1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeze-thawed pork | Freeze-dried pork powder | ||
| Protein oxidation | |||
| Protein carbonyl (nmol/mg) | 1.31B | 2.14A | 0.061 |
| Free sulfhydryl groups (nmol/mg) | 53.47B | 55.76A | 0.533 |
| Protein solubility (mg/g) | |||
| Total protein solubility | 110.00A | 101.24B | 0.596 |
| Sarcoplasmic protein solubility | 37.18A | 35.91B | 0.307 |
| Myofibrillar protein solubility | 72.82A | 65.33B | 0.751 |
| Non-heme iron content (ppm) | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0.101 |
Standard error of the least square mean (n=6).
Different capital letters in the same row indicate a significant difference between the means (p<0.05).