resulted in a reduction of the force required to compress the
sample. These results are in line with other works (Mendoza,
Garcia, Casas, & Selgas, 2001) where FOS and inulin have been
used as fat replacer, just for their ability to modify and soften meat
and to reproduce fat creaminess. The changes detected in the
textural assay and in the cooking analysis are clearly correlated
with the sensory evaluation, mainly to tenderness and juiciness. In
the case of tenderness, the scores increased in samples with FOS
and inulin combined with oat foam (FOS6-WS-Oat40-WPF andIN9-
WS-Oat40-WPF). The softening revealed by textural analysis was
confirmed by the tenderness of these samples, also due to oat/FOS
and oat/inulin lower cooking loss (Table 4).