Table 5. Sensory evaluation of restructured black goat jerky with various types of ultra-ground seaweed powder

Traits Control Sea tangle Sea mustard Sea string
Color 9.40±0.69a 7.70±0.54b 8.77±0.68a 8.92±0.66a
Taste 9.20±0.94 8.80±1.19 9.27±0.41 9.15±0.49
Texture 8.87±0.53 9.10±0.77 9.02±0.50 8.95±0.57
Seaweed-like odour 8.83±0.76 9.00±0.96 8.98±0.38 8.92±0.66
Goaty-flavor 8.82±0.74 9.18±0.68 9.27±0.39 9.02±0.50
Overall acceptability 9.00±0.52 9.22±0.91 9.37±0.36 8.90±0.70
All values are mean±SD.
The evaluation scores range from 1 to 10, where 10 represents the ‘best’ and 1 represents the ‘worst’.
Means with different letters within a same row are significantly different (p<0.05).