Research Article

Application of Food Mechanics and Oral Processing in Modelling First Bite of Grilled Meat

Table 4

Summary of mechanical properties for samples prepared using three grilling temperatures.

Pork meatPoultry meat
T1T2T3T1T2T3

Cooking loss [%]6.33 ± 0.45a13.57 ± 1.44b29.76 ± 2.94c27.01 ± 1.43a29.98 ± 2.84a40.92 ± 6.74b
Storage loss [%]2.47 ± 0.68a1.41 ± 0.32b1.20 ± 0.44b1.46 ± 0.13a3.07 ± 0.54b1.04 ± 0.18a
Firmness [N]—WB test58.20 ± 10.01a65.40 ± 16.16a,b79.30 ± 31.13b34.00 ± 5.30a35.80 ± 6.24a42.80 ± 11.70b
Maximum shear force [N]79.12 ± 19.86a61.37 ± 13.19b55.21 ± 11.26b31.09 ± 15.8240.37 ± 22.2845.77 ± 14.18
Young’s modulus—Ex [Kpa]35.05 ± 11.22a75.28 ± 35.92b111.14 ± 23.21c35.18 ± 8.48a50.25 ± 20.68a,b74.36 ± 29.23b
Young’s modulus—Ey [Kpa]28.49 ± 6.44a57.03 ± 30.38a,b126.83 ± 68.89b30.62 ± 9.6735.17 ± 24.3939.21 ± 15.4
Young’s modulus—Ez [Kpa]40.83 ± 14.44a54.34 ± 49.27a146.83 ± 86.58b34.94 ± 15.45a45.85 ± 20.78a,b62.82 ± 19.24b
Poisson’s ratio—νxy0.36310.48850.49130.22960.30460.3498
Poisson’s ratio—νyz0.36410.36800.48140.36630.48610.4909
Poisson’s ratio—νzx0.24600.31920.38950.30720.31930.3239

Note: items denoted with different letters are significantly different at the level of 5%.