2.5. Drip loss
A centrifugation method was used to determine water holding capacity.
Diced samples (10 g) were weighed into plastic centrifuge
tubes fitted with a wire gauze and filter paper according as described
by Farag, Duggan, Morgan, Cronin, and Lyng (2009). Following the
centrifugation, the samples were removed from the tubes and
reweighed. Drip loss was calculated as a % of the original weight,
the average value of three replicates per batch was taken.