Exploring Natural Alternatives to Nitrites in Pork Meat Patty: A Study on the Effects of Gromwell Root Extract and Lettuce Powder as Substitutes

Table 6

Texture profile analysis for patties with gromwell root extract and lettuce powder.

Treatments^1)	Hardness (kg)	Springiness (%)	Cohesiveness (%)	Chewiness (kg)
Control	^a	^ab		^a
Positive control	^ab	^b		^ab
T1	^a	^ab		^a
T2	^ab	^b		^ab
T3	^b	^a		^b

^a-bThere is a significant difference between values within the same column that have different superscripts, based on their means ± standard deviations (). ¹⁾Control, no addition; positive control, addition of ; T1, 0.3% gromwell root extract; T2, 0.1% lettuce powder; T3, .