According to the results presented in Table 3, the method of chilling
had a significant impact on the development of pH and electrical conductivity
(EC) in the LL muscle 2 and 6 h p.m. Half-carcasses subject to
blast chilling had a significantly (p ≤ 0.01) higher pH 2 h and 6 h p.m.,
and lower electrical conductivity (EC 2 h p.m.) in the LL muscle compared
to the conventionally chilled carcasses. 24 h p.m. there were no
significant differences in pH and EC in the LL muscle between the
methods of chilling the carcasses. At 48 h p.m., the blast-chilled LLmuscle
had significantly (p≤0.01) lower lightness (L*), yellowness (b*) and
chroma (C*) and significantly (p ≤ 0.05) lower drip loss compared to
the conventionally chilled carcasses (Table 4).