This study was conducted to determine the effects of various bamboo salts on meat batter. To accomplish
this, three different batters were prepared and compared: CON, which was prepared with NaCl, BS-2, which
was prepared with bamboo salt that was baked twice, BS-9, which was prepared with bamboo salt that was
baked nine times. The pH of both the uncooked and cooked BS-2 and BS-9 was higher than that of the CON
(Pb0.05). The emulsion stability, cooking yield, water holding capacity (WHC) and apparent viscosity of BS-2
and BS-9 were higher than those of CON. The correlation coefficient between the viscosity value and WHC
was high and positive (R2=0.672). The hardness of all treatments was significantly increased with increased
cooking temperature (Pb0.05). The hardness, gumminess and chewiness of CON were higher than that of
BS-9 and BS-2. The overall acceptability score between CON and BS-9 was significantly different (Pb0.05).
The bamboo salts effectively improved the physicochemical properties of the meat batter.