2.4. Drip loss
A 2-cm-thick chopwasweighed and placed on a supportingmesh in a sealed plastic container (with no contact between sample and container). After a storage period of 24 and 48 h at 4±1 °C, the samples were taken out of the container, dabbed lightly on filter paper and weighed again. Drip loss was expressed as a percentage of the initial weight, based on Honikel (1998).