Table 4.
Influence of protease supplementation on physiochemical parameters in breast meat in broiler chicken at 35 days post-hatch
Treatment | pH | WHC (%) | Cooking loss (%) | Surface meat color | Minced meat color |
CIE L* | CIE a* | CIE b* | CIE L* | CIE a* | CIE b* |
Control | 7.62 | 98.44 | 9.65 | 62.12 | 11.96 | 10.21 | 57.05 | 12.89 | 11.81 |
Control+protease | 7.71 | 98.50 | 9.51 | 60.99 | 12.24 | 9.46 | 55.07 | 9.80 | 9.99 |
SEM1 | 0.070 | 0.061 | 0.592 | 0.660 | 0.502 | 0.551 | 1.040 | 1.084 | 0.292 |
P-value | 0.378 | 0.453 | 0.869 | 0.239 | 0.698 | 0.344 | 0.264 | 0.059 | <0.001 |
Standard error of the mean.