2.4.3. Water holding capacity
A sample of 300 ± 5 mg of meat from the left longissimus muscle,
corresponding to the sixth lumbar vertebra, was weighed (G) (0.1 mg
accuracy) and deposited on a previously desiccated and weighed
(P) 7-cm disk of Whatman No. 1 filter paper. The sample on the paper
was then placed between two Plexiglass plates and a load of 2.25 kg
was applied. After 5min, the loadwas removed and the damp paper filterweighed
(D) after removing the compressedmeat. Themean of two
replicates was used in the analysis.Water-holding capacity (WHC) was
calculated as (D-P) × 100/G.