Improvement of Quality Characteristics and Shelf Life Extension of Raw Chicken Meat by Using Black Mulberry Leaf (Morus nigra L.) Extracts
Table 4
pH and color values of raw chicken samples during chilled storage.
Samples
0 day
3 day
6 day
9 day
12 day
pH
Control
5.9b,B ± 0.1
6.12b,A,B ± 0.25
6.23a,A,B ± 0.24
6.46a,A ± 0.02
6.51a,A ± 0.02
BMLE 0.1%
5.75b,c,C ± 0.07
5.87b,c,B ± 0.01
5.93b,B ± 0.04
6.1b,A ± 0.02
6.2b,A ± 0.03
BMLE 0.3%
5.7c,D ± 0.02
5.78c,C,D ± 0.02
5.88b,B,C ± 0.02
6b,A,B ± 0.14
6.11b,c,A ± 0.01
BMLE 0.5%
5.78b,c,D ± 0.04
5.88b,c,C ± 0.01
5.94b,B,C ± 0.01
6b,A,B ± 0.07
6.05c,A ± 0.01
BHT 0.1%
6.35a,C ± 0.04
6.42a,B,C ± 0.02
6.46a,A,B,C ± 0.02
6.5a,A,B ± 0.02
6.55a,A ± 0.07
Control
55.83a,A ± 1.17
53.65a,b,A,B ± 0.49
51.52a,B,C ± 0.67
48.99a,C,D ± 2.81
47.04a,D ± 1.35
BMLE 0.1%
54.98a,A ± 1.21
52.98a,b,A,B ± 0.02
50.85a,B ± 1.21
48.32a,C ± 0.96
46.37a,C ± 0.88
BMLE 0.3%
54.00a,A ± 0.02
52.88a,b,A ± 0.03
50.75a,B ± 1.06
48.22a,C ± 1.10
46.27a,C ± 1.02
BMLE 0.5%
53.56a,A ± 0.79
52.50b,A,B ± 0.24
50.37a,B ± 1.94
47.84a,C ± 0.22
45.89a,C ± 0.15
BHT 0.1%
55.00a,A ± 1.41
54.74a,A ± 1.75
52.61a,A,B ± 1.95
50.08a,B,C ± 0.11
48.13a,C ± 1.22
Control
5.87a,C ± 0.09
5.40a,C ± 0.14
5.88a,B,C ± 0.02
6.25a,A,B ± 0.35
6.66c,A ± 0.22
BMLE 0.1%
5.87a,C ± 0.02
5.25a,C ± 0.70
6.20a,B,C ± 0.14
7.14a,A,B ± 0.19
7.89a,b,A ± 0.55
BMLE 0.3%
5.82a,C ± 0.02
5.18a,C ± 1.01
6.18a,B,C ± 0.25
7.30a,A,B ± 0.28
8.23a,A ± 0.17
BMLE 0.5%
5.80a,D ± 0.08
5.49a,C,D ± 0.72
6.55a,B,C ± 0.15
7.55a,A,B ± 0.07
8.33a,A ± 0.46
BHT 0.1%
5.85a,A ± 0.07
5.45a,A ± 0.63
6.00a,A ± 0.59
6.78a,A ± 1.10
7.00b,c,A ± 0.62
Control
12.38a,C ± 0.07
11.27a,b,D ± 0.22
12.85a,B,C ± 0.40
13.59a,b,B ± 0.62
14.5b,A ± 0.04
BMLE 0.1%
12.37a,A ± 0.14
10.95a,b,B ± 0.21
10.85c,B ± 0.21
12.13b,A ± 0.55
11.88b,A ± 0.04
BMLE 0.3%
12.30a,A ± 0.02
10.81b,B ± 0.20
11.00c,B ± 0.35
12.78a,b,A ± 0.58
11.15d,B ± 0.03
BMLE 0.5%
12.32a,A,B ± 0.17
11.46a,B ± 0.22
11.5b,c,B ± 0.70
12.88a,b,A ± 0.59
11.45c,B ± 0.04
BHT 0.1%
12.37a,C ± 0.07
11.37a,b,D ± 0.23
12.48a,b,C ± 0.39
13.88a,B ± 0.63
14.88a,A ± 0.05
A–E: in the same samples, the difference between the values expressed in different capital letters in the same rows on different storage days is statistically significant (). a-b: The difference between values expressed with different lowercase letters in different samples in the same column on the same storage days is statistically significant ().
