The texture profile analysis of the sausages was determined according
to the procedures of Mercantile, Capitani, Decker, and Castro (2010)
with a slight modification. Firstly, the sausage samples (about 2 cmin diameter)
were removed from casings and cut into 2.5 cm length section,
and then subjected twice to compression tests with a Texture Analyzer
(TA-XT Plus, Stable Microsystems, UK). Each section was compressed to
50% of its original height with a cylindrical probe of 5 cm diameter at
the speed of 1 mm/s. The textural properties of sausage were expressed
as hardness, springiness, cohesiveness, gumminess and chewiness.