4. Conclusions
Reducing the oil content had no influence on the physicochemical,
microbiological, and textural characteristics or the acceptability of
fermented chicken sausages; however, it resulted in products that
tended to have darker and more reddish coloration. Adding inulin
Table 4
Textural properties of dry-fermented chicken sausages.
Textural
characteristics
Storage
time
(days)
Formulations⁎
F1 F2 F3
Hardness (N) 0 57.27±11.14aA 71.57±14.65abA 95.03±33.48bA
15 56.44±14.36aA 61.13±14.05abA 97.58±18.75bA
30 63.85±9.93aA 68.01±16.89abA 94.69±16.84bA
45 59.54±13.77aA 74.34±21.87abA 99.71±31.22bA
Springiness 0 0.80±0.03bA 0.80±0.04abA 0.74±0.09aA
15 0.82±0.04bA 0.81±0.07abA 0.71±0.06aA
30 0.86±0.06bA 0.82±0.03abA 0.70±0.05aA
45 0.84±0.04bA 0.83±0.07abA 0.77±0.06aA
Cohesiveness 0 0.71±0.02aA 0.68±0.05aA 0.66±0.05aA
15 0.72±0.04aA 0.69±0.06aA 0.64±0.04aA
30 0.71±0.04aA 0.69±0.05aA 0.62±0.04aA
45 0.72±0.06aA 0.69±0.05aA 0.65±0.06aA
Adhesiveness
(Ns)
0 0.41±0.10aA 0.72±0.41aA 0.84±0.30aA
15 0.22±0.12aA 0.57±0.30aA 0.66±0.23aA
30 0.60±0.45aA 0.54±0.42aA 0.88±0.37aA
45 1.51±0.36aA 0.49±0.54aA 0.89±0.72aA
Chewiness
(N)
0 33.03±5.17aA 38.48±6.49aA 45.20±14.27bA
15 32.96±6.70aA 34.00±8.99aA 43.45±6.18bA
30 38.83±4.94aA 37.63±6.22aA 40.96±5.38bA
45 35.21±6.85aA 41.25±11.03aA 48.21±11.27bA
Hardness (N)
(edge)
0 56.97±12.01aC 74.65±16.21aC 106.74±20.38bC
15 55.92±11.61aBC 65.05±8.53aBC 112.35±24.02bBC
30 48.97±7.75aAB 66.33±11.23aAB 87.65±17.16bAB
45 49.25±7.02aA 61.94±10.97aA 87.86±22.89bA
Means±standard deviation in the same row followed by different lowercase letters indicates
differences (p≤0.05) among formulations on the same day of storage. Means±standard
deviation in the same column followed by different uppercase letters indicates differences
(p≤0.05) for each formulation affected by storage time (n=12).
⁎Formulations: F1 (17% corn oil), F2 (9% corn oil) and F3 (9% corn oil and 7% inulin).
Table 5
Acceptability of dry-fermented chicken sausages.
Storage time (days) Formulations⁎⁎
F1 F2 F3
0 6.66±0.06aA 6.75±0.18aA 6.95±0.11aA
15 7.11±0.12aA 7.16±0.01aA 6.87±0.57aA
30 7.10±0.14aA 6.90±0.05aA 6.76±0.33aA
45 7.13±0.10aA 7.00±0.16aA 6.96±0.47aA
Means±standard deviation in the same row followed by different lowercase letters indicates
differences (p≤0.05) between formulations on the same day of storage. Means±standard
deviation in the same column followed by different uppercase letters indicates differences
(p≤0.05) for each formulation affected by storage time. Hedonic value: 1=disliked very
much and 9=liked very much (n=60).
** Formulations: F1 (17% corn oil), F2 (9% corn oil) and F3 (9% corn oil and 7% inulin).