Treatment | Breast meat nuggets | Leg meat nuggets | ||||||||
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 pH | 0 day | 10 day | 20 day | 30 day | Mean | 0 day | 10 day | 20 day | 30 day | Mean |
 T 0 | 6.69±0.03 | 6.63±0.02 | 6.60±0.02 | 6.56±0.07 | 6.62±0.05ab | 6.64±0.05 | 6.64± 0.06 | 6.63±0.02 | 6.59±0.04 | 6.6267±0.02 a |
 T 1 | 6.64±0.07 | 6.60±0.05 | 6.58±0.07 | 6.53±0.05 | 6.58± 0.04b | 6.66±0.06 | 6.61±0.03 | 6.58±0.07 | 6.50±0.03 | 6.5883±0.06ab |
 T 2 | 6.77±0.11 | 6.64±0.05 | 6.62±0.02 | 6.61±0.04 | 6.66±0.07a | 6.64±0.07 | 6.62±0.02 | 6.55±.0.09 | 6.50±0.02 | 6.5783±0.06 b |
 T 3 | 6.71±0.11 | 6.66±0.07 | 6.57±0.07 | 6.54±0.03 | 6.62±0.07ab | 6.65±0.04 | 6.59±0.05 | 6.58±0.06 | 6.49±0.03 | 6.5750±0.06 b |
Mean | 6.70±0.05a | 6.63±0.02b | 6.59±0.02bc | 6.56±0.03c |  | 6.65±0.01a | 6.62±0.02ab | 6.59±0.03b | 6.52±0.c |  |
Water activity | ||||||||||
 T 0 | 0.683±0.005 | 0.667±0.002 | 0.663±0.005 | 0.655±0.004 | 0.6669±0.01a | 0.671±0.003 | 0.670±0.004 | 0.660±0.004 | 0.654±0.002 | 0.6638±0.008a |
 T 1 | 0.678±0.004 | 0.672±0.003 | 0.670±0.005 | 0.647±0.005 | 0.6668±0.01a | 0.664±0.004 | 0.660±0.005 | 0.658±0.004 | 0.648±0.002 | 0.6575±0.006b |
 T 2 | 0.673±0.005 | 0.668±0.005 | 0.662±0.007 | 0.659±0.003 | 0.6657±0.00a | 0.659±0.005 | 0.656±0.004 | 0.650±0.004 | 0.646±0.005 | 0.6528±0.005c |
 T 3 | 0.676±0.004 | 0.661±0.004 | 0.655±0.004 | 0.643±0.003 | 0.6589±0.013b | 0.656±0.03 | 0.655±0.003 | 0.649±0.004 | 0.644±0.006 | 0.6510±0.005c |
Mean | 0.6777±0.004A | 0.6672±0.00B | 0.6627±0.00C | 0.6508±0.0D |  | 0.6626±0.0A | 0.6602±0.00A | 0.6541±0.5B | 0.6482±0.04C |  |
Color | ||||||||||
 T 0 | 115±4 | 111±4 | 110±2 | 102±4 | 109.75±5a | 125±3 | 120±3 | 111±3 | 106±3 | 115.83± 9a |
 T 1 | 110±3 | 103±3 | 102±2 | 99±1 | 103.50±5b | 122±2 | 119±4 | 110±3 | 100±2 | 112.67±10b |
 T 2 | 111±5 | 106±4 | 98±3 | 95±3 | 102.58±7b | 121±3 | 117±3 | 106±3 | 100±3 | 110.92±10bc |
 T 3 | 107±3 | 105±2 | 92±3 | 90±2 | 98.67±9 c | 119±1 | 118±3 | 104±2 | 99±1 | 109.92±10c |
Mean | 110.92±3 A | 106.33±3B | 100.67±8C | 96.58±5 D |  | 121.83±3 A | 118.42±1 B | 107.50± 3 C | 101.58± 3D |  |
Texture | ||||||||||
 T 0 | 985.47±4.90 | 986.83±4.31 | 988.53±5.68 | 991.10±4.09 | 987.98±2.42A | 969.3±3.4 | 973.9±3.1 | 976.7±4.0 | 978.3±3.2 | 974.57±3.9AB |
 T 1 | 984.33±5.06 | 984.83±5.41 | 985.60±4.90 | 991.37±3.00 | 986.53±3.26A | 974.8±3.9 | 976.6±4.6 | 977.5±4.2 | 979.1±3.8 | 977.00±1.8A |
 T 2 | 979.37±4.16 | 981.97±3.0 | 986.40±5.47 | 992.90±4.37 | 985.16±5.9 A | 971.6±3.6 | 976.0±4.8 | 978.4±4.3 | 980.0±4.4 | 976.49±3.6AB |
 T 3 | 983.73±4.92 | 984.53±4.4 | 986.33±5.65 | 994.33±3.74 | 987.23±4.85A | 968.9±3.6 | 970.0±3.0 | 974.7±3.3 | 979.6±5.0 | 973.30±4.9B |