Therefore, a lesser volume of water is available to be easily released from meat compared to that of freeze-thawed meat. The storage effect of
drip loss was observed in C1, C2, and T2, whereas that of cooking
loss was observed in the freeze-thawed pork steaks (T1 and T2)
(p b 0.05). An initial decrease and a subsequent increase in WHC
have been reported. WHC was not affected
by exudate removal or the combined effect of exudate removal and
freeze-thawing.