adhering 0.4% citric acid in Ca lactate dips perfreezing treatments lead to relative improvement in quality indices, where drip loss reduced by 61-132% relative to untreated and by around 12-19% compared,to Ca lactate traeatments and by around 44-105% for 0.4% citric acid treatment while firmnessraised by around 34-69%, 14-18% and 39-64% for untreated, Ca lactate and 0.4% citric acid treatments, respectively