equiped witha
50 kg load cell (Bourne 1978). Thawed samples were placed
on the platform of the machine. TPA was done by using
75 mm compression platen with a pre-test speed of 2 mm/s,
test speed of 1 mm/s and a post-test speed of 5 mm/s. The
penetration distance of the probe was kept at 4 mm and time
duration was adjusted to 5 s. A force time curve was
recorded and peak force, time difference and area of peaks
were calculated from the recorded data. Texture parameters
of hardness, cohesiveness, springiness, gumminess and
chewiness were computed