Actual injection (%)

Gum arabic in beef round (%)

Cook yield (%)

Extractable moisture (%)

Non-injected

0.0%

-

-

70.55 ± 0.06^d

10.19 ± 0.16^d

Injected samples

Gum arabic level

1.0%

29.93 ± 0.93^b

0.94 ± 0.02^e

85.63 ± 0.92^bc

20.78 ± 1.00^a

1.5%

33.17 ± 1.82^ab

1.52 ± 0.02^d

85.28 ± 0.50^c

14.87 ± 1.31^c

2.0%

31.07 ± 2.87^ab

1.92 ± 0.08^c

87.589 ± 0.82^ab

15.69 ± 1.85^bc

2.5%

33.73 ± 1.01^a

2.58 ± 0.10^b

88.14 ± 0.74^a

10.09 ± 0.34^d

3.0%

30.33 ± 1.03^bc

2.85 ± 0.08^a

89.02 ± 0.61^a

8.90 ± 1.53^d

SPC level

3.5%

31.82 ± 1.76^ab

-

89.64 ± 1.20^a

17.05 ± 0.57^b