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Table 5 Effects of capsicum oleoresin, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and their mixtures added to broilers’ mixed feed on the texture properties of the breast and leg meat (x ± SEM)

From: Addition of Capsicum oleoresin, Carvacrol, Cinnamaldehyde and their mixtures to the broiler diet II: Effects on meat quality

 

Treatment Groups

 

Control

CAP

CAR

CIN

CAP + CAR + CIN

P

Breast meat

Firmness (kg)

2.00 ± 0.14bc

1.98 ± 0.19bc

2.38 ± 0.14c

1.55 ± 0.09a

1.79 ± 0.15ab

0.000

Toughness (kg)

11.09 ± 0.74a

11.09 ± 0.79a

14.31 ± 0.86b

9.32 ± 0.48a

9.46 ± 0.82a

0.000

Leg meat

Firmness (kg)

2.29 ± 0.14

1.89 ± 0.30

1.75 ± 0.15

1.50 ± 0.15

1.67 ± 0.08

0.166

Toughness (kg)

16.56 ± 1.59c

15.90 ± 1.48bc

14.97 ± 1.04abc

12.87 ± 1.51ab

11.24 ± 0.75a

0.008

  1. a, b, cThe differences between means in the same row with different letters are important, P < 0.05