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).