give any significant effect. This showed that
30 minutes soaking caused decrease optimum
pH. pH decrease due to the process of
glycolysis, process of muscle glycogen
solution into lactic acid. The research’s result
showed that pineapple juice could accelerate
glycolysis process, therefore could accelerate
the decline of pH meat. According to
Steward, there was a relationship between pH
and meat tenderness, where the more faster
the decline of pH, the more higher the meat
of tenderness17.
Water content of the meat was highest in
30 minutes soaking and significantly
different with 10 and 20 minutes soaking
time, but didn’t give significant effect to 40,