Results of the sensory evaluation are presented in Fig. 5. All
cooked samples were characterized as meat with a “slightly intense”
flavour and odour. Regarding myofibrillar and overall tenderness,
muscles with STPP+NaCl had higher scores than the control (T5),
being classified as “very tender” and “slightly tender”, respectively.
Samples from T1, T2 and T4 treatments presented intermediate
scores, and were classified as “tender”. Regarding juiciness attribute,
samples from T1, T2 and T4 treatments had intermediate scores
corresponding to “slightly juicy” meats, whereas T3 samples were
classified as “juicy” and T5 as “neither dry nor juicy” meat. Considering
connective tissue amount attribute, all samples were assessed as
meats with “practically nothing” connective tissue. The exceptions
were samples with NaCl alone (T4), which were valuated as containing
“some amount” of connective tissue.