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Table 1 Physico-chemical characteristics of Vietnamese Pangasius products marketed in Belgium

From: Microbiota of frozen Vietnamese catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) marketed in Belgium

Product type

Water content (g/100 g wet fish)

Drip loss (%)

a w

pH

Salt content (%)

Fillets (brand 1)

79.3 ± 1.2a*

16.8 ± 0.2e*

0.9950 ± 0.0001a*

6.5 ± 0.0a*

0.12 ± 0.0a*

Fillets (brand 2)

80.5 ± 1.5a

10.5 ± 1.7d

0.9947 ± 0.0002a

6.7 ± 0.3a

0.28 ± 0.2abcd

Fillets (brand 3)

87.7 ± 0.9c

11.9 ± 3.9d

0.9896 ± 0.0007c

8.2 ± 0.2c

0.93 ± 0.2b

Fillets (brand 4)

80.0 ± 0.3a

7.5 ± 0.1c

0.9947 ± 0.0003abc

6.5 ± 0.1a

0.23 ± 0.1c

Steaks (brand 5)

74.0 ± 2.1b

12.6 ± 1.8bd

0.9939 ± 0.0008b

6.2 ± 0.1b

0.49 ± 0.1d

Portions (brand 6)

80.0 ± 1.4a

2.6 ± 1.4a

0.9944 ± 0.0002ab

6.5 ± 0.1a

0.22 ± 0.1ac

  1. *Data are expressed as mean value ± standard deviation of three replicates. Means with a different superscript letter in the same column indicate where statistically (p ≤ 0.05) differences occurred between products that were evaluated in this study