Adhering 0.4% citric acid in Ca lactate dips prefreezing 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 treatments and by around 44–105% for 0.4% citric acid treatment while firmness raised by around 34–69%, 14–18% and 39–64% for untreated, Ca lactate and 0.4% citric acid treatments, respectively