Ultimately, meat product quality is define in terms of consumer
acceptability which includes color, tenderness, juiciness, tenderness
and flavor (Robbins et al., 2003). In addition, appearance characteristics
have a significant impact on consumer expectations (Brewer &
Novakofski, 2008). Table 4 shows the effects of the different levels of
GRF on sensory characteristics of the cooked ground pork patties.
Addition of 1%, 3% and 5% of GRF significantly increased the juiciness
and the tenderness of cooked patties compared to control (P < 0.05),
while no significant difference was shownamong the three treatments
with the different levels of GRF about juiciness (P > 0.05). The
tenderness of the patties with 3% of GRF was highest followed by the
addition of 5% and 1% of GRF (P < 0.05), which could be attributed to
the increased moisture retention of the patties with GRF. GRF did not
significantlyalterthesubjectivecolorofgroundporkpatties(P >0.05).
Flavor and overall acceptability of the cooked ground pork patties with
different levels of GRF were higher than the control (P < 0.05). The
samples with 3% and 5% of GRF were found with the higher score in
flavor compared with the addition of 1% GRF (P