A decrease in chewiness, gumminess
and hardness in fermented sausages (Gou, Guerrero,
Gelabert, & Arnau, 1996) and decrease in springiness in
salami type products (Barbut, 2005) with decreasing pH
has been reported. Moreover, Voller, Dawson, and Han
(1996) observed a decrease in various textural characteristics
of cooked fowl meat gels at high processing
temperatures.