Table 4. Sensory evaluation of the breast and thigh meat from commercial broiler, Korean native chicken and duck

Traits (%) Breast Thigh
Broiler KNC1) Duck Broiler KNC1) Duck
Tenderness1) 3.07±0.73a 3.00±0.58ab 2.21±0.81b 3.36±0.94a 2.86±0.69ab 2.14±0.90b
Juiciness2) 2.00±0.58 1.79±0.91 1.79±0.57 2.57±0.98 2.07±0.61 1.86±0.90
Flavor3) 3.00±0.82 2.50±1.04 2.14±0.38 2.71±1.11 2.86±1.07 2.43±0.98
Off-flavor4) 1.33±0.52b 1.57±0.54b 3.14±1.07a 1.43±0.54 1.86±0.90 1.57±0.79
Overall preference5) 3.07±0.84a 2.86±0.69a 1.93±0.61b 3.36±0.75 3.00±0.76 2.71±0.70
Korean native chicken.
Tenderness, 1:hard – 5:soft;
Juiciness, 1: dry – 5: juicy;
Flavor, 1:bad – 5: good;
Off-flavor, 1:bad – 5: good;
Overall preference, 1: bad – 5: good.
Means with different letters within the same row are significantly different (p<0.05).