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. 2022 Feb 17;59(9):3659–3668. doi: 10.1007/s13197-022-05382-8

Table 2.

Average values of chemical composition, water holding capacity (WHC), pH, water activity (wa), texture parameters, color parameters (L*, a*, b*) and color difference (ΔE) of chicken mortadella prepared with addition of 0% (C), 4.8% (F1) and 8.4% (F2) of fat replacer based on orange albedo flour

Parameters C F1 F2
Moisture (%) 64.27c ± 0.23 67.32b  ± 0.28 68.70a ± 0.34
Ash (%) 3.62a ± 0.05 3.53b ± 0.02 3.45c ± 0.04
Proteins (%) 20.90a ± 0.77 18.85b ± 0.51 18.82b ± 0.76
Lipids (%) 8.82a ± 0.31 6.81b ± 0.12 5.82c ± 0.49
Total Carbohydrates (%) 2.39b ± 0.02 3.49a ± 0.04 3.21a ± 0.05
Soluble Fibers (%) 0.50b ± 0.46 0.72b ± 0.17 1.72a ± 0.11
WHC (%) 98.09a ± 0.11 98.01a ± 0.12 97.96a ± 0.15
pH 6.18a ± 0.01 6.19a ± 0.01 6.14b ± 0.01
wa 0.98a ± 0.00 0.98a ± 0.00 0.99a ± 0.01
Firmness (N) 99.74a ± 4.97 81.80b ± 2.51 78.36b ± 5.39
Cohesivity 0.82a ± 0.04 0.81ab ± 0.03 0.78b ± 0.01
Elasticity 0.97a ± 0.02 0.98a ± 0.00 0.97a ± 0.01
Chewability 87.51a ± 3.09 63.17b ± 1.26 60.94b ± 3.25
Resilience 0.416a ± 0.05 0,397ab ± 0.02 0,366b ± 0.02
L* 63.62c ± 0.70 64.52b ± 0.68 65.25a ± 0.91
a* 13.14a ± 0.64 12.40b ± 0.69 12.22b ± 0.25
b* 13.46a ± 0.73 12.89b ± 0.67 13.04ab ± 0.32
ΔE (0–90 days) 2.42a ± 0,89 1.20b ± 0.55 1.51b ± 0.60

Results expressed as average ± standard deviation

a,bMeans within rows followed by different letters differ significantly by Tukey’s test at 5% probability