Three fillets (n = 3) were collected from the fresh, dry salted and
rehydrated fillets but one (n = 1) after injection and brining. Paired
comparison was carried out by collecting the separate fillets from
the same individual fish at different curing stages or after different
treatments (Fig. 2). For example, by collecting the left fillet as fresh
and the right fillet from the same fish after dry salting; the left fillet
as fresh and the right fillet after injection; the left fillet as injected
and brined versus the right fillet only brined, both after the presalting
and after dry salting.
Two samples were collected from the muscle from the same
location on each of the fillets below the dorsal fin, using a cork