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).