Skip to main content

Table 4 Sensory evaluation of M. longissimus dorsi muscles in LYD and KNP breeds

From: Correction to: Physicochemical properties of M. longissimus dorsi of Korean native pigs

Items

Breeds

Overall mean

t-values

LYD

KNP

Visual color

8.25 ± 0.40

8.56 ± 0.56

8.41 ± 0.48

-1.55NS

Flavor

7.88 ± 0.86

8.79 ± 0.62

8.34 ± 0.74

-3.00**

Tenderness

9.08 ± 0.29

8.42 ± 0.73

8.75 ± 0.51

-2.92**

Juiciness

8.98 ± 0.59

7.90 ± 0.64

8.44 ± 0.62

-4.26***

Off-flavor

8.67 ± 0.50

8.79 ± 0.39

8.73 ± 0.45

-0.52NS

Overall acceptability

8.13 ± 0.68

9.29 ± 0.33

8.71 ± 0.51

-5.34***

  1. Means and standard deviations were denoted by Likert′s scale (10 = very excellent, 1 = very poor)
  2. ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, NSNon-significant (p > 0.05)