Acceptability of Dry-Cured Belly (Pancetta) from Entire Males, Immunocastrates or Surgical Castrates: Study with Slovenian Consumers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Set | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
Boar Taint Substance | Low Boar Taint | High Boar Taint | No tainT | |||
Androstenone 1 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 19.5 | 3.07 | 9.10 | b.d. |
Skatole 1 | 0.03 | b.d. | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.20 | b.d. |
Residual | Sex Category | Set of Products | Interaction Sex × Set | Consumer Gender | ||||||||
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p-value | ||||||||||||
2.3 | <0.0001 | 0.4308 | <0.0001 | 0.8334 | ||||||||
LSM | ||||||||||||
EM | IC | SC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | male | female | ||
6.3 b | 6.2 b | 5.4 a | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
Set of products | |||||||
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Sex Category | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | p-value |
EM | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.3 AB | 5.8 AB | 6.2 | 7.2 C | 0.1028 |
IC | 5.4 a | 5.8 ab | 7.1 B,c | 6.9 B,bc | 6.3 ab | 5.9 B,ab | 0.0014 |
SC | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 A | 4.9 A | 5.5 | 4.8 A | 0.0765 |
p-value | 0.0858 | 0.6956 | 0.0074 | 0.0003 | 0.1014 | <0.0001 |
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Čandek-Potokar, M.; Prevolnik-Povše, M.; Škrlep, M.; Font-i-Furnols, M.; Batorek-Lukač, N.; Kress, K.; Stefanski, V. Acceptability of Dry-Cured Belly (Pancetta) from Entire Males, Immunocastrates or Surgical Castrates: Study with Slovenian Consumers. Foods 2019, 8, 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods8040122
Čandek-Potokar M, Prevolnik-Povše M, Škrlep M, Font-i-Furnols M, Batorek-Lukač N, Kress K, Stefanski V. Acceptability of Dry-Cured Belly (Pancetta) from Entire Males, Immunocastrates or Surgical Castrates: Study with Slovenian Consumers. Foods. 2019; 8(4):122. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods8040122
Chicago/Turabian StyleČandek-Potokar, Marjeta, Maja Prevolnik-Povše, Martin Škrlep, Maria Font-i-Furnols, Nina Batorek-Lukač, Kevin Kress, and Volker Stefanski. 2019. "Acceptability of Dry-Cured Belly (Pancetta) from Entire Males, Immunocastrates or Surgical Castrates: Study with Slovenian Consumers" Foods 8, no. 4: 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods8040122