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
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.