Table 2. Proximate composition (%) of breast meat from scalded and non-scalded broiler chickens

Parameter (%) Broiler breast meat type SEM1) p-value
SBC NSBC
Moisture 71.80 73.27 0.536 0.123
Crude fat 3.83b 4.75a 0.169 0.018
Crude protein 23.56a 21.24b 0.586 0.049
Crude ash 0.78 0.70 0.063 0.405
Pooled standard error of the means (n = 20).
Values in in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p > 0.05).