Table 2. Textural properties of cooked pork sausage formulated with functional sugars

Trait Control (2% sucrose) Treatment SEM1) p value
2% Allulose 2% Kestose 2% Resistant maltodextrin
Hardness (kg) 6.15a 5.76a 5.70a 5.09b 0.135 0.015
Springiness (ratio) 0.64a 0.66a 0.62a 0.52b 0.017 0.004
Cohesiveness 0.18 0.17 0.18 0.17 0.002 NS2)
Gumminess (kg) 1.08a 0.98ab 0.99ab 0.85b 0.031 0.043
Chewiness (kg) 0.69a 0.65a 0.62a 0.45b 0.030 0.001
SEM: standard error of the means.
NS: non-significance (p>0.05).
Means sharing the same letters in a row are not significantly different (p>0.05).