from MAINCA (Granollers, Spain) and divided into four equal portions.
Water was added to each portion (20 g/100 g of meat).
Along with the water, curing salt (containing 99.5% NaCl and 0.5%
NaNO2) was added to NS samples (1.8 g/100 g of meat), while NaCl
(1.8 g/100 g of meat) was added to the other meat samples.
Cherry leaf extract (0.5 g/100 g of meat) was added to the CHS sausage and
blackcurrant leaf extract (1.0 g/100 g of meat) to the BCS sausage.