Surimi was prepared according to the method of Benjakul and Visessanguan(2003) with slight modifications.
Fish mince was washed with cold water(4 1C) at a water/mince ratio of 3:1(v/w).
The mixture was stirred gently for 4 min and washed mince was filtered with alayer of nylon screen.
The washing process was repeated twice. For the third washing,cold 0.2% NaCl solution was used.