Table 3. Color of the breast and thigh meat from commercial broiler, Korean hanhyup-3 broiler and organic chicken
Traits | Breast | Thigh |
Broiler | HH3 | KOC | Broiler | HH3 | KOC |
CIE L*1 | 59.87±1.18 | 61.99±1.98 | 61.58±3.59 | 59.47±1.92a | 56.06±1.06b | 52.07±1.96c |
CIE a* | 5.14±0.29b | 4.39±0.73c | 6.03±0.65a | 6.34±1.24b | 5.89±1.44b | 8.89±1.00a |
CIE b* | 14.08±1.30 | 13.81±1.52 | 13.60±1.85 | 16.38±1.12a | 14.22±2.53ab | 13.50±1.31b |
HH3: Korean hynhyup-3 broiler, KOC: Korean organic chicken.
CIE L*(lightness), a*(redness), b*(yellowness).
Least square means with different letters within the same row are significantly different (P<0.05).