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Table 2 Effect of isoflavone on the change in moisture, crude protein, crude fat, and ash contents in dry-cured pork sausage during storage (%)

From: Changes in physicochemical and microbiological properties of isoflavone-treated dry-cured sausage from sulfur-fed pork during storage

Proximate composition (%)

Storage period (days)

Treatments

SEM

P-value

CON

SUL

ISO

Treatment

Storage

Crude protein

0

17.2NS B

16.9B

17.4B

0.45

0.76

***

15

31.0NS A

31.6A

31.9A

2.63

0.95

30

38.3NS C

38.5A

37.6C

2.37

0.77

45

36.8a C

34.2ab A

32.6b A

1.48

*

Crude fat

0

19.8a C

16.3bC

17.9ab C

0.93

0.1

***

15

38.4NS AB

37.2B

38.6B

0.46

0.08

30

39.9NS A

38.4B

38.3B

1.43

0.18

45

45.3NSA

43.3A

44.8A

1.94

0.44

Moisture

0

55.7b A

57.3a A

57.97aA

0.47

*

***

15

18.2NS B

18.1B

18.03B

0.76

0.95

30

11.2NS C

12.1C

12.40C

2.94

0.73

45

11.5NS C

11.1C

10.44C

0.51

0.24

Ash

0

3.15b B

3.64a C

3.27bC

0.03

***

***

15

6.32NS A

6.23B

6.46B

0.29

0.86

30

6.15b A

7.22a A

5.92c B

0.33

0.07

45

6.65NS A

7.52A

7.35A

0.66

0.44

  1. 1) CON, Dry-cured sausage processed with 100% commercial diet fed pork; SUL, Dry-cured sausage processed with 0.3% sulfur fed pork; ISO, 0.25% isoflavone + dry-cured sausage processed with 0.3% sulfur fed pork. 2)NS; Not significant; a-c means within a row with different letters are significantly different, P < 0.05; A-D means within a column with different letters are significantly different, P < 0.05. Significance level of treatment is given by ***(P <0.001); **(P<0.01); *(P<0.05)*All values are mean ± standard deviation (n = 3).