speaking, sausages produced with carrageenan were evaluated
higher than controls. Bloukas et al. (1997) also noted the beneficial
influence of carrageenans on the sensory quality of low-fat sausages.
The differences noted in the instrumental textural analysis
were also detected in the sensorial evaluations. All frankfurters
containing carrageenans were evaluated higher for texture than
control samples (P < 0.05), whereas Candogan and Kolsarici
(2003b) noted only slight improvements in the texture of low-fat
frankfurters caused by carrageenan addition. He and Sebranek
(1996) also reported that kappa-carrageenan improved the texture
of sausages, but they still had lower scores than full fat controls. In
this study, sausages produced with 10% of fat and carrageenan (IIc,
IId) were evaluated even higher than the higher fat control (C20).
Frankfurters did not differ in terms of juiciness, except for the control
sausage produced without carrageenan (C10), which was evaluated
lower than others. The scores awarded by the panelists for
color increased with carrageenan addition. Presumably caused by
dilution of meat pigment due to increased water content, which
favorably affected panelists’ perception. Also tastiness of sausages
increased with carrageenan addition. All sausages produced with
carrageenan gained higher scores, whereas the control sausage
with 10% of fat without carrageenan (C10) gained the lowest