Table 4. Water holding capacity (%) of chicken nuggets as affected by different levels of roasted sesame seeds and frozen storage period1)

Period Treatments2)
Control SN5 SN10
Day 0 97.58±0.318Dy 95.38±0.215Bx 97.22±0.456Cy
Day 7 94.30±0.883C 94.35±0.613B 93.87±0.522BC
Day 14 91.38±0.259Bx 93.64±0.167By 92.50±0.724By
Day 21 91.10±0.816Bxy 89.36±0.947Ax 91.89±0.804By
Day 28 82.77±1.395A 87.27±1.921A 84.16±1.589A
Values represented as mean±SD of six replicates per treatment.
Control, nuggets with 0% RSS (w/w); SN5, nuggets with 5% RSS (w/w); SN10, nuggets with 10% RSS (w/w).
Values in the same column with different superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).
Values in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).
RSS, roasted sesame seeds.