Table 1 Effect of lemon and cranberry juice on pH value of chicken thigh meat during storage at 4℃
Treatment1) | Storage (days) | SEM2) |
0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
CON | 6.47Ac | 6.47Ac | 6.68Ab | 6.90Aa | 0.008 |
LJ | 5.96Cc | 6.19Bb | 6.63Ba | 6.67Ca | 0.017 |
CJ | 5.96Cd | 6.31Bc | 6.46Cb | 6.56Da | 0.004 |
LCJ | 5.99Bd | 6.19Bc | 6.36Db | 6.74Ba | 0.024 |
SEM | 0.006 | 0.029 | 0.008 | 0.006 | |
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A∼D Means within the same column with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05).
a∼d Means within the same row with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05).
1) Chicken thigh meat dipped in the distilled water (CON), 1% lemon juice (LJ), 1% cranberry juice (CJ), and mixture of 0.5% lemon juice and 0.5% cranberry juice (LCJ).
2) Standard errors of the mean.