In a comparison with other
meats, Paleari et al. (1998) reported that mean surface L* values for
ostrich meat (non-ground) was 36.7, similar to others, 38.85 (Seydim
et al., 2006) and 36.11 (Fernandez-Lopez et al., 2006) for ground
ostrich meat and 38.4 for ostrich steaks (Fernandez-Lopez et al.,
2008). Initial mean surface L* values for ostrich meat in the present
study (31.76±1.45) were lower than reported by others