showed a trendP < 0.05
As the salting continued, the pH values of the raw and cooked egg whites showed a trend in which there was a significant decrease (P < 0.05), followed by a basically stable pH during the late stage of salting.
As the salting continued, the pH values of the raw and cooked egg whites showed a trend in which there was a significant decrease (P < 0.05), followed by a basically stable pH during the late stage of salting.
As shown in Fig 5A and 5B , the raw salted egg yolks showed an increasing trend of hardness and an overall decreasing trend of springiness as the salting time and salt concentration increased.
The results showed that the moisture contents of both the raw and cooked egg whites and egg yolks, the springiness of the raw egg yolks and cooked egg whites exhibited a decreasing trend with the increase in the salting time and salt concentration.
Viscosity of the raw egg whites showed an overall trend in which it first deceased and then increased and decreased again, which was similar to the trend of the hardness of the cooked egg whites and egg yolks.