3 Results and discussion
An interaction (p < 0.05) between the type of antioxidant and the storage time was observed for Bologna-type mortadella pH values. Data are shown in Table 2.
The type of antioxidant showed significant (p < 0.05) effect on mortadella pH after 14 days storage time, when those products containing MSE 0.1 or 0.2% had higher pH values than those containing BHT 0.01%.