Table 4.
Meat color and physical characteristics of broiler meats according different light sources

Treatments CIE Physical characteristic1
L* a* b* CL (%) SF (g/cm2) WHC (%)
T1 52.8 1.64 6.91 14.4b 8.08 60.7
T2 56.3 1.12 8.80 17.2a 7.44 58.8
T3 52.8 1.28 6.97 14.2b 7.63 60.7
SEM2 3.61 1.038 1.706 1.67 1.641 2.24
P-value 0.237 0.726 0.182 <0.05 0.822 0.339
Physical characteristic: CL, cooking loss; SF, share force; WHC, water holding capacity.
Standard error of means.
Means with different superscripts in the same column differ significantly (P<0.05).