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... In this study, we investigated whether preslaughter chemical-induced acetylation affected postmortem energy metabolism and pork quality. Thirty pigs were randomly assigned to control, acetyltransferase inhibitor (ATi) or deacetyltransferase inhibitor treatments. Serum, trapezius, longissimus lumborum, psoas major, semimembranosus and semitendinosus muscles were taken for analyses. The results indi ...
... This paper presented a method to detect adulterated mutton using recurrence plot transformed by spectrum combined with convolutional neural network (RP-CNN). For this, 100 adulterated samples of mutton mixed with different proportions (0.5–1–2-5-10% (w/w)) of pork and 20 pure mutton samples were prepared. The results of the classification model of adulterated mutton and the quantitative prediction ...
... Meat colour is an important attribute for consumer acceptance but there is an interval between colour grading and retail display. This experiment investigates the effect of time post-slaughter (5, 14 and 40 days) on colour and bloom depth (after 1 and 24 h) for beef carcasses graded AUS-MEAT colour 4 (MC 4). Sixteen carcasses were selected at grading, 8 carcasses were graded MC 4 and 8 as complian ...
... The objective of this study was to assess the meat quality in second filial hybrid offspring of MSTN⁻/⁻ cloning boars × Chinese Bama sows with initial mean body weight of 90.52 ± 0.68 kg. Compared with wild-type pigs, the feed utilization rate of MSTN⁻/⁻ pigs showed an increasing trend (adjusted P = 0.06), loin eye area of MSTN⁻/⁻ and MSTN⁺/⁻ pigs increased (adjusted P < 0.01) and thickness of sub ...
... This study evaluates the physicochemical and microbiological properties and sensory parameters of beef patties formulated with black chokeberry (B1), blackberry (B2), red currant (B3) and blueberry (B4) pomace water extracts during refrigerated storage over 9 days. The berry pomace extract treatment significantly decreased the TBARS numbers of the samples (P < 0.05). The lowest total carbonyl cont ...
... The study objective was to investigate the potential for using visible near-infrared (Vis-NIR) and short wave infrared (SWIR) spectroscopy to segregate bison portions based on muscle types and storage periods. In the Vis-NIR range, the principal component analysis showed clear segregation of the muscles based on storage at retail display d 4 whereas the discrimination based on muscle type was bett ...
... This study was performed to determine the effect of plasma-activated solutions of protein preparations of selected plants, as an alternative nitrite source, on the quality characteristics of pork sausages. The used solutions contained 500 ppm nitrite. Sausages without nitrite (NC), with 75 ppm sodium nitrite (PC), and with solutions of soy (E₁), pea (E₂) and lentil (E₃) preparations (100 g/kg of m ...
... Processed meat products have been increasingly consumed, a highlight being dried-cured coppa, commonly purchased sliced, making it more susceptible to bacterial deterioration and lipid oxidation. The aim of this work was to produce and apply bi-layers films based on gelatin (in both layers) with addition of nisin and/or Pitanga leaf hydroethanolic extract (PLHE) only in the food contact thinner la ...
... The effect of thermal treatment using infrared and microwave fields on freezing of pork loin was investigated. Several infrared and microwave treatment protocols were designed and tested to determine the thawing losses is each case to identify the most suitable one which yielded the best quality. In addition, the state of moisture in the meat, cooking loss, texture, color, pH, Thiobarbituric acid- ...
... The increasing concern of consumers about food quality and safety and their rejection of chemical additives has promoted the breakthrough of the biopreservation field and the development of studies on the use of beneficial bacteria and their metabolites as potential natural antimicrobials for shelf life extension and enhanced food safety. Control of foodborne pathogens in meat and meat products re ...
... Dry cured loins containing nitrogen (proline and ornithine) and sulfur (thiamine) compounds as precursors of aroma compounds at two concentration levels were manufactured. The effect of precursor addition on the microbiology and chemical parameters of loins was studied together with the aroma study performed by olfactometry and Free Choice Profile sensory analyses. Addition of precursors did not a ...
... A total of 960 beef carcases from northern and southern Australian production regions were assessed by examining the subcutaneous fat. Carcases from four different production systems within each region were assessed, by Raman spectroscopy and the fatty acid composition determined to develop models that best classified the various production systems. As a result, 12 Partial Least Square Discriminan ...
... This study aimed to evaluate the technological and sensory properties of restructured cooked hams prepared with natural curing agents (0.5% radish powder, HRP; 3% radish juice, HRJ; and 0.5% radish pulp powder, HRPP) and with 40 and 150 mg/kg sodium nitrite (HN40 and HN150, respectively). No difference was observed for pH, proximate composition, or cooking loss. Higher residual nitrite contents we ...
... To ensure animal welfare at slaughter, rapid stunning is required to render the animal deeply unconscious. In cattle, captive-bolt stunners are typically used for this purpose. However, with regard to their impact force and maximum length of approximately 120 mm, such captive-bolt stunners are not suitable for stunning water buffaloes due to anatomical characteristics of the skull. In water buffal ...
... This study aimed to genotype the variants in FABP4, FASN, SCD, SREBP1 and TCAP genes, and to analyze their associations with intramuscular fat (IMF) content, carcass traits and body size in Chinese Qinchuan cattle (QC). The association studies showed that the FABP4 c.220A > G polymorphism was significantly associated with ultrasound longissimus muscle depth (ULMD) and IMF, the FASN g.16024A > G po ...
Elisa Rafaela Bonadio Bellucci; João Marcos dos Santos; Larissa Tátero Carvalho; Taís Fernanda Borgonovi; José M. Lorenzo; Andrea Carla da Silva-Barretto
... The current trends among consumers are pushing for the use of natural antioxidants options. Açaí fruit is rich on polyphenolic components but no studies have been carried out to evaluate their effect in meat products. The objective was to investigate the effect of açaí extract on refrigerated pork patties quality. Five treatments were done: without antioxidant (CON), Sodium Erythorbate 500 mg.kg ⁻ ...
... The aim of this study was to investigate the course of glycogenolysis, ATP breakdown and fragmentation of myofibrillar proteins in the semitendinosus muscle of a progeny of Limousin×Holstein-Friesian (LMₓ) and Charolaise×Holstein-Friesian (CHₓ) (bulls and steers) and to describe the changes in the above parameters over time and its relationship with beef texture. The hypothesis that beef from bull ...
Simmental; beef; blood; body composition; body weight changes; chemical composition; digestible protein; digestive tract; energy; meat science; muscles; tissue distribution
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... Data on chemical body composition of cattle serve as a basis for recommendations on energy and nutrient requirements. Relevant data of growing dual-purpose Fleckvieh (German Simmental) bulls are scarce and originate from old trials, covering low rates of gain and live weights. Hence, the aim of the study was to analyze the body tissue distribution, chemical composition, and composition of body wei ...
... Lumbar bone mineral concentration, as predicted by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), may reflect changes in lamb maturity and eating quality. New season (n = 60) and old season (n = 60) lambs were slaughtered and DEXA scanned at a commercial abattoir across 2 kill groups. The second lumbar vertebra was isolated from the spine for determination of calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium concentra ...
ethics; farmed animal species; issues and policy; livestock and meat industry; meat; meat consumption; meat production; meat science; society; stakeholders; Brazil
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... Brazil is a main global producer, exporter, and consumer of farm animal products. Information about the knowledge and attitudes of Brazilian citizens and consumers towards the different dimensions of meat production sustainability can support policy discussions and guide the industry to adopt production systems compatible with societal expectations. Here we provide a historical, social, and econom ...
... The effects of ultrasound (0, 300 and 600 W for 20 min at the frequency of 20 kHz) followed by postmortem aging (0, 4 and 8 d aging time) on beef quality were evaluated. Ultrasound treatment, aging time and their interaction all significantly affected the pH and tenderness of beef (p < 0.05). Furthermore, ultrasound improved the cathepsin B + L activities and the solubility of collagen compared wi ...
... This study explored the changes in postmortem metabolites of atypical and typical DFD beef using UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS. The longissimus thoracis muscles were categorized into normal, atypical DFD and typical DFD groups. The L⁎, a⁎, b⁎, glycogen and lactic acid contents were lower (P < 0.05) in typical DFD than normal beef. A total of 240 compounds were significantly different among groups. Levels of glyc ...
... The flavour profiles of beef jerky separately inoculated with different autochthonous lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains (Lactobacillus sakei BL6, Pediococcus acidilactici BP2, and Lactobacillus fermentum BL11) and a non-inoculated control were analysed using electronic nose (E-nose) and gas chromatography–ion mobility spectrometry (GC–IMS). GC–IMS results revealed a total of 42 volatile compounds ...
... This study was to screen a strain with both branched-chain amino acid transaminase (BCAT) and protease activities for producing methyl-branched flavor compounds in a myofibrillar protein extract model. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) was isolated from Jinhua ham and screened with BCAT activity by an electrochemical sensor and protease activity by the agar plate method. In the culture medium, strain L6 ...
... The aim of the present study was to investigate the structural and physicochemical properties of ultrasound-treated ginger starch-based edible films incorporated with coconut shell liquid smoke (CSLS), and determine the inhibitory effect of the films against Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef during the storage at 4 °C. Ultrasound-treated CSLS-ginger starch films presented a better mechanical ...
... In recent years, plant extracts are used as colorant and antioxidant in meat products. Therefore, the effects of cemen pastes produced using different concentrations (0%, 3%, 4% and 5%) of raspberry water extract (RWE) on pastırma were investigated. RWE was tested to improve the color quality of pastırma and decrease lipid and pigment oxidation during production and storage at 4 °C for 150 days. I ...
adhesion; animal fats and oils; beef; chewiness; emulsions; energy; hardness; meat science; oxidative stability; sausages; whey protein
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... The current study was conducted to investigate the utilization of microparticulated whey protein (MWP) in different levels (5% or 10%) as partial fat replacers in emulsified beef sausage formulations. Inclusion of MWP resulted in sausages having decreased amounts of fat and energy while increased amounts of protein. Both emulsion stability and processing yield were the highest in samples containin ...
average daily gain; body weight; cakes; feed intake; goat meat; goats; growth performance; intramuscular fat; meat quality; protein sources; soybean meal
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... A 42-d study was conducted to evaluate the effects of replacing soybean meal with increasing levels of hempseed cake (HSC) in goat finishing diets on growth performance, carcass and chevon quality attributes. Thirty-five, 3-month-old Kalahari Red wethers (25 ± 1.5 kg initial body weight) were randomly allocated to one of five dietary treatments with seven animals per treatment. Wethers were fed ma ...
... The present research aimed at investigating the application potential of a newly developed chitosan/lauric acid edible coating in preservation of fresh beef under refrigerated storage and aerobic packaging conditions. The 2-cm thick steaks were coated with 2% chitosan (CHI), 1 mM lauric acid in 2% chitosan (CHI/1 mM LA) or 3 mM lauric acid in 2% chitosan (CHI/3 mM LA), and over-wrapped in permeabl ...
... The objective of this study was to determine the extent that myoglobin and beef color are associated with calpain-1 relative abundance relative and tenderness. Longissimus lumborum (LL) samples from the left side of Holstein beef carcasses (n = 31) were collected immediately post-evisceration for 0 h analyses. At 48 h postmortem six steaks were removed from the right side of each carcass for analy ...
... Intramuscular fat content (IMF%) is an important factor that affects the quality of pork. The traditional testing method (Soxhlet extraction) is accurate; however, it has a long preprocessing time. In this study, a total of 1481 photographs of 200 pigs' loin muscles were used to obtain a computer vision score (IIMF %). Then, actual IMF%, meat color, marbling score, pH value, and drip loss of 200 p ...
consumer acceptance; consumer preferences; flavor; juiciness; meat science; models; mutton; nationalities and ethnic groups
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... Dry ageing of mutton may enhance mutton's consumer appeal; however, consumer acceptance of mutton is heterogeneous. To identify which consumers prefer dry aged mutton, dry (DA) and wet aged mutton (WA) loin and topside were rated by consumers (n = 540) for tenderness, juiciness, liking of flavour and overall liking on a 0–100 scale. Two predictive liking models were developed, utilising either con ...
beef; blueberries; cooked foods; heterocyclic compounds; meat science; pan frying; propolis; temperature
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... This study was aimed to examine the effects of natural antioxidant-based marinades on the formation of heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) in cooked beef. Samples were marinated overnight with different concentrations (0, 0.25, 0.5 and 1%) of blueberry or propolis extracts, and pan fried at 150 and 200 °C for a total of 10 min. Individual and total HAAs were detected at different levels according ...
... Consumer attitudes towards farm animal welfare (FAW) are not a one-dimensional phenomenon; they entail various attitudinal and social dimensions related to ethnicity, agri-food culture, ethics, purchasing power and beliefs. Therefore, the study aimed to identify segments of South American consumers of animal products according to their attitudes towards FAW. An online survey was carried out among ...
... Phosphates are essential for maintaining various quality attributes of processed meat products such as water-binding properties, texture and sensory properties and their removal would drastically change the products' technical and sensory qualities. Currently, meat industries are faced with the challenge of removing phosphates to address the consumers' demand to remove the negatively perceived syn ...
... A questionnaire including 31 questions was conducted in thirty-one provinces of China's thirty-four provinces. A total of 7212 questionnaires were received in the research and 3775 valid questionnaires were used in the final data analysis. Around 86.0% of the respondents from the selected valid questionnaires liked eating lamb meat. About 66.7% of the respondents from the selected valid questionna ...
Miriam Mabel Selani; Paulo Henrique Bertucci Ramos; Iliani Patinho; Fabiana França; Samara dos Santos Harada-Padermo; Carmen J. Contreras-Castillo; Erick Saldaña
... This study investigated consumers' perception of labels of burgers with sodium reduction and/or addition of mushroom flavor enhancer. Six visual stimuli were created using a factorial design with sodium content (regular, sodium-reduced, and sodium-reduced plus health claim) and flavor enhancer (monosodium glutamate (MSG) and mushroom extract) as factors. Consumers answered an attitudinal questionn ...
... To analyse consumers' attitudes and perceptions towards pork, online surveys were performed with 11,294 consumers from ten European Union (EU) and four non-EU countries. The survey indicates that, although animal welfare affects consumers' view on pork, it is not consumers' primary concern. For most countries, the ranking order of food motives was health and natural, sensory quality, price, and an ...
... Rabbit production is still small in Brazil and organization of its production chain is therefore necessary. The aim of this study was to investigate consumer perceptions of rabbit meat in the country. An online survey was conducted with 2614 participants. The responses were analyzed using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test. The survey revealed that the greatest acceptance of rabbit meat occurre ...
... The roles of energy pathways in postmortem muscles are still debated. In this study, the contributions of different pathways to ATP production and pH variations were analyzed by using a kinetic model based on data from beef longissimus lumborum. Phosphocreatine represents over 92% of the initial ATP production but, after 24 h, glycolysis, phosphocreatine, myokinase reaction, and aerobic respiratio ...
... Biofilm formation is a serious threat in the meat industry, mainly since it aids food-borne pathogen survival. Biofilms are often difficult to eliminate, and it is essential to understand the best possible deployable measures to remove or inactivate biofilms. We systematically reviewed the published in vitro studies that investigated various methods for removing biofilms in red meat. Publicly avai ...
color; cooked foods; degree of doneness; meat; meat quality; microbiological quality; muscles; nucleotides; palatability; sous vide; taste; temperature; umami
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... The selection of appropriate temperatures and times for cooking various muscle meats are the key factors for manipulating eating quality such as tenderness, the degree of doneness, water retention, and taste. The mild cooking temperature in sous-vide tends to affect meat quality. The impact of prolonged cooking is deemed the prerequisite treatment for the microbiological safety of sous-vide meat. ...
... The effect of thermal processing on the in vitro digestibility of pork proteins was studied. Raw samples were considered the control group, while the thermal treatments included 58, 80, 98 and 160 °C for 72 min, 118 °C for 8 min and 58 °C for 17 h, resembling a range of different cooking procedures. Samples were subsequently subjected to pepsin digestion at pH 3.00 in the gastric phase followed by ...
denaturation; hydrophobicity; meat; pH; pale soft exudative meat; temperature; water holding capacity
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... The aim of the study was to investigate the denaturation manner of sarcoplasmic proteins (SP) under PSE condition to explain their positive impacts on water-holding compacity. We found that the SP precipitation under PSE-like condition (pH 5.5, 40 °C) and heating conditions (pH 5.5, 7.0, 8.0, 55 °C) were similar, but the myofibrillar water-holding capacity was improved only under PSE-like conditio ...
... This study aimed to describe the multivariate structure of Semimembranosus muscle and backfat fatty acid (FA) composition in 798 Italian Large White heavy pigs and to investigate the effects of environmental factors and carcass characteristics on FA variations. The total FA variability in muscle and backfat was characterized by a negative correlation between saturated and polyunsaturated FAs, whic ...
algorithms; meat science; model validation; mutton; neural networks; prediction; temperature
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... A novel method based on digital images in time domain combined with convolutional neural network (CNN) is proposed for discrimination and analysis of the adulterated mutton. For this, 195 sample images during the constant temperature heating process (about 10 min) were combined with CNN for qualitative discrimination and quantitative prediction of adulterated mutton. Furthermore, the hypothesis th ...
... Due to concerns about meat quality, health, sustainability and animal welfare, the typical Belgian meat products such as cooked ham are being threatened by a negative reputation. To address these concerns, an objective quality assessment tool was developed that could predict the consumer acceptability for a range of sensorial descriptors based on analytical parameters. A total of 28 commercial coo ...
... The influence of dietary inclusion of Plukenetia conophora seed (PCS) on growth, carcass, muscle antioxidant enzymes, fatty acids, meat quality, and sensory attributes of Longissimus thoracis et lumburum muscle in rabbits was examined. Seventy-two, 28 d old male New Zealand rabbits (750 ± 20 g) were randomly allotted to diets containing either no PCS (PCS-0), 2.5% PCS (PCS-2.5) or 5% PCS (PCS-5) f ...
... This study investigated the effect of dietary α-lipoic acid (600 mg/kg) supplementation on the postmortem color stability of the biceps femoris from lambs. The results showed that dietary α-lipoic acid supplementation increased a* and decreased b* and metmyoglobin (MMb) percentage of the biceps femoris with the time of storage (P < 0.05). The content of malondialdehyde (MDA) reduced with the time ...
... Germans are critical of their animal husbandry systems although being increasingly detached from practical husbandry experience and benefitting from its low prices and high availability. Based on literature on citizens' acceptance of agriculture and the social licence to operate framework this study derives and tests the relevance of various factors determining public acceptance of fattening pig, ...
... This research aimed to study the perception of French consumers on “cultured meat”. The respondents (n = 5418) are characterised by an over-representation of young people, meat professional or scientists compared to the French population. Approximately 40–50% of them believed that animal husbandry faced ethical and environmental issues. Only 18–26% of them believed that “cultured meat” could solve ...
Thaisa Cidarta Melo Barbosa; Cristiani Viegas Brandão Grisi; Sthelio Braga da Fonseca; Bruno Raniere Lins de Albuquerque Meireles; Angela Maria Tribuzy de Magalhães Cordeiro
... The objective of the research was to control the oxidative stability of lamb burgers by applying gelatin-starch active film containing java plum (Syzygium cumini) and oregano (Origanum vulgare). The films were prepared from four formulations: without extract addition (FC), with the addition of java plum extract (FJ), with the addition of oregano extract (FO) and with the addition of java plum and ...
... Carbon dots (CDs) were prepared and noted to exhibit potent scavenging activities against DPPH·, ·OH, and O₂·⁻ radicals. Addition of CDs to frying oil as a means to improve oxidative stability and minimize quality changes of fried meatballs during refrigerated storage was investigated in comparison with the use of tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) and carnosic acid (CA). Compared with the control samp ...
... Sensorial perceptions change as people age; hence the aim of this study was to test if there were differences between younger (n = 95; aged 20-56) compared to older (n = 97; aged 60-81) consumers in sensory assessment of beef patties with varying firmness (‘soft’, ‘medium’, ‘hard’) and the influence of adding plum sauce as a lubricant and flavouring. The firmness of patties influenced consumer sco ...
... Volatile compounds from cooked and aged (0, 7, 14, 21 days) Hispano-Bretón horse meat (loin) were analyzed by solid-phase microextraction coupled to gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. A total of 77 volatile compounds were found, from which aldehydes were the predominant family. Most of the identified compounds had their origin in the degradation of lipids, with a negligible contribution of Mail ...
... Forty crossbred (Santa Ines × Dorper) male lambs were used to investigate the effect of dietary buriti oil (BOIL) intake on meat quality, fatty acid (FA) composition and sensory attributes. A completely randomized design with five BOIL intake levels (0, 12, 24, 36 and 48 g/kg DM) was used. Increasing dietary BOIL intake linearly reduced the DMI, slaughter weight, cooking loss, shear force, yellown ...
... Considering the relevance of meat discoloration for meat production chain and the conflicting results regarding the influence of feeding regimes on color of fresh beef and the lack of meta-analytic studies on this subject we investigated the effect of grain-fed and pasture-fed regimes on color of beef longissimus from Bos cattle through a systematic review with meta-analysis. A systematic search f ...
Antonio Natalello; Hajer Khelil-Arfa; Giuseppe Luciano; Mieke Zoon; Ruggero Menci; Manuel Scerra; Alexandra Blanchard; Fabrizio Mangano; Luisa Biondi; Alessandro Priolo
ad libitum feeding; average daily gain; body weight; carcass weight; catalase; cold; color; cooked foods; dietary mineral supplements; fatty acid composition; lipid peroxidation; oxidative stability; pork; pork quality; raw meat; superoxide dismutase; zinc
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... This study investigated the effect of two supplementation levels of zinc glycinate (ZnGly) on performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of growing-finishing pigs. Thirty pigs (bodyweight: 61 ± 4.0 kg) were assigned to three treatments and fed ad libitum for 56 days a diet supplemented with 0 (control), 45 (Zn45), or 100 mg/kg (Zn100) of ZnGly. The highest ZnGly supplementation lowered ...
... The objective of this study was to identify the tenderness and energy metabolism attributes in normal ultimate pH (pHᵤ, 5.4–5.8, NpHᵤ), intermediate pHᵤ (5.8–6.2, IpHᵤ) and high pHᵤ (> 6.2, HpHᵤ) Longissimus lumborum from beef. During 21 days of aging, the IpHᵤ group exhibited a higher Warner-Bratzler shear force, lower activity of μ-calpain, and a higher content of heat shock protein 27 and great ...
... This work investigated the effects of feeding ensiled bergamot pulp to pigs on meat and salami quality. Eighteen pigs were assigned to two experimental treatments and fed a cereal-based concentrate diet (control) or the same diet in which ensiled bergamot pulp replaced 15% dry matter of the diet fed (BP). The BP treatment increased α-linolenic acid (+250%; P < 0.05), docosapentaenoic acid (+62%; P ...
... This study investigated the effect of gamma irradiation (0, 3 and 5 kGy) on the quality characteristics of yacare caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare) meat under typical storage and commercialization conditions (−18 °C for 150 days). The overall quality characteristics (texture profile, TBARS values, water-holding capacity and cooking loss) of the irradiated samples were not significantly affected (P ...
Agnieszka Kaliniak-Dziura; Piotr Domaradzki; Marek Kowalczyk; Mariusz Florek; Piotr Skałecki; Monika Kędzierska-Matysek; Piotr Stanek; Małgorzata Dmoch; Tomasz Grenda; Edyta Kowalczuk-Vasilev
... The aim of the study was to assess the effect of methods of heat treatment on selected quality parameters of longissimus thoracis muscle of Limousin calves, subjected to grilling, steaming, and sous vide cooking. The type of heat treatment did not significantly affect shear force or water activity. Cooking loss in the grilled and steamed meat was significantly higher than in the sous vide. While t ...
Mariana Basso Pinton; José Manuel Lorenzo; Ana Carolina Mendes Dias Seibt; Bibiana Alves dos Santos; Jordana Lima da Rosa; Leticia Pereira Correa; Alexandre José Cichoski; Paulo Cezar Bastianello Campagnol
... The combination of high-power ultrasound (HPU) and bamboo fiber (BF) was investigated as a strategy to produce phosphate-free meat emulsions. The samples were made with the addition of 0 and 0.25% of alkaline phosphate and 0, 2.5, and 5% BF. Immediately after filling, the samples were sonicated for 0 or 27 min at normal mode, 25 kHz, 60% amplitude, and 20 °C. The samples made with BF and without p ...
color; hardness; high pressure treatment; meat science; sous vide; texture; veal
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... The effects of non-thermal, high-hydrostatic-pressure processing (HPP) and its combination with sous vide cooking technique (HPP-SVCOOK) on physicochemical traits of veal patties elaborated with top sirloin caps (Biceps femoris) derived from local Pyrenean bullocks, were investigated. The patties were subjected to 13 treatment combinations of three HPP pressures (350, 475, or 600 MPa) for 5, 10, o ...
... This study evaluated the effects of in-the-bag dry-ageing on eating quality and volatile compounds of longissimus lumborum from cows and steers. Compared to wet-ageing, in-the-bag dry-ageing increased purge loss (P < 0.0001), cooking time (P < 0.0001), salty taste (P < 0.05) and sour-dairy flavour (P < 0.01), whereas decreased cooking loss (P < 0.0001), amount of perceptible connective tissue (P < ...
... In this paper, the potential effect of nitric oxide (NO) on improving the fresh meat quality of pork was primarily investigated by treatment of longissimus thoracis (LT) with 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 μL/L NO gas within 6 h post-slaughter. After the NO treatments were completed, the pork chops were vacuum-packaged and stored at 4 °C for 1, 4, and 7 d. Compared with the control group, NO treatment enhanced ...
... This research aimed to investigate the effects of pigskin gelatin hydrolysate (PGH) on the quality changes of longissimus lumborum (LL) muscles during freezing. The samples were firstly assigned into six groups, including control, sucrose and sorbitol group (SUSO) as positive control, 0%, 1%, 2% and 4% PGH group. The thawing loss of frozen meat, microscopic observation of ice crystal formed during ...
... Tea polyphenol (TP), apple polyphenol (AP), and cinnamon polyphenol (CP) are all enriched with antioxidant components, present enormous potential as natural antioxidants in meat products. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physicochemical properties, residual nitrites, and formation of N-nitrosamine (NA) in dry-fried bacons with three aforementioned plant polyphenols and ascorbic acid ...
... The effect of chestnut flour (Castanea sativa Mill) on L. plantarum viability and physicochemical characteristics in a dry-cured sausage (Longaniza de Pascua) during storage is discussed. Four batches were prepared: CL with 3% chestnut flour added; CPL with 3% chestnut flour and 8.5 log CFU/g L. plantarum added; PL with 8.5 log CFU/g L. plantarum added and L, the batch control. The sausages were s ...
... Tannic acid (TA)-chitosan (CH) conjugate (TA-g-CH) was prepared using a free radical grafting procedure to increase the antimicrobial and antioxidant performance of CH. The effect of TA-g-CH coating on the quality of fresh pork during 15 days of refrigerated storage was investigated. The pork samples were analyzed regularly for microbiological (total viable counts (TVC), Pseudomonas spp. and lacti ...
... This study investigated the effect of superchilling (−30 °C until the core temperature achieved −3 °C, and − 1 °C until 24 h, SC) on shelf-life and bacterial community dynamics of beef loins, with a typical very fast chilling (−30 °C until the core temperature achieved 0 °C, and − 1 °C until 24 h, VFC) and conventional chilling (0– 4 °C for 24 h, CC) as controls. The super-chilled storage (−1 °C) ...
... The effect of the addition of different levels of S. carnosus protease (0, 0.15, 0.30, 0.45 and 0.60 g/kg raw meat) on the proteolysis, quality characteristics, and flavor development of Harbin dry sausage was investigated. The results showed that the S. carnosus protease addition to Harbin dry sausage effectively promoted the degradation of meat proteins into peptides and free amino acids, thus r ...
Felipe C. Maciel; Otávio R. Machado Neto; Marcio S. Duarte; Min Du; Josiane Fonseca Lage; Priscilla D. Teixeira; Cyntia L. Martins; Edmilson H.R. Domingues; Luiz A. Fogaça; Marcio M. Ladeira
... This study aimed to evaluate intramuscular fat and expression of genes in the muscle of Montana × Nellore treated with vitamin A at birth. We hypothesized that an injection of vitamin A after birth would increase marbling by increasing the expression of angiogenic, adipogenic, and lipogenic genes. Animals treated with vitamin A had greater marbling in the longissimus muscle (P = 0.05). The vitamin ...
... A high event period (HEP) occurs when beef processing facilities experience an elevated rate of STEC positive trim samples. In order to avoid contaminated vacuum-packaged beef entering into commerce, primals and subprimals associated to positive trim must be treated with antimicrobials, repackaged, and retested for STEC to ensure product wholesomeness. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of B ...
Marcos Henrique Soares; Dante Teixeira Valente Júnior; Gustavo de Amorim Rodrigues; Ronaldo Lopes Cunha Júnior; Gabriel Cipriano Rocha; Benjamim M. Bohrer; Manuel Juárez; Marcio de Souza Duarte; Alysson Saraiva
... The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of ractopamine and betaine, supplemented alone or in combination, on live performance, carcass and meat quality traits, and gene expression (in both skeletal muscle and subcutaneous adipose tissue) of finishing pigs. Seventy-two pigs averaging 89.0 ± 3.44 kg were assigned to a control diet (CTRL-without ractopamine and betaine); CTRL+20 mg/kg ...
... Forty-eight Churra ewes and their suckling lambs were assigned to four dietary treatments: control (CTRL), VIT-E (500 mg kg-1 TMR vitamin E), GP-5 (5% grape pomace) and GP-10 (10% grape pomace). After slaughter (11.5 kg live weight), longissimus muscle of lambs was sliced, packaged under modified atmosphere (80,20%/O 2:CO 2) and stored in retail conditions. At each sampling point (0, 3, 7, 10, 14 ...
... This study evaluated the effects of different doses (0, 4, 8, 12, 16 kGy) of low-energy electron beam (LEEB; 0.2 MeV) on the quality changes of vacuum-packaged beef steaks during chilled storage for 21 days. LEEB irradiation at a low dose (4 and 8 kGy) significantly elevated the L* values of steaks, and did not deteriorate the a* values, the oxidation of lipid and protein (P > 0.05) compared to no ...
Spirulina; carcass quality; energy intake; fatty acid composition; growth performance; high energy diet; males; meat; meat quality; progeny; slaughter
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... The concept of developmental programming suggests that maternal excessive energy intake during intrauterine development could permanently affect the offspring's performance. Spirulina might alleviate adverse programming effects, but currently has only been shown to affect productivity and product quality of livestock when fed directly. Therefore, we investigated effects of supplementing 20 g spiru ...
adipose tissue; adults; animals; average daily gain; early development; energy density; energy intake; growth performance; high carbohydrate diet; maturity stage; meat science; meta-analysis; metabolizable energy; muscles; tail
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... This study aimed to establish the quantitative relationship between metabolisable energy intake (MEI) and growth performance, carcass tissue composition and internal fat, taking into consideration animal precocity, maturity and tail nature. Data from 67 publications were used in the meta-analysis. Diets were characterized and three classes were identified (low medium and high energy density diets) ...
... This study aimed to investigate the effects of oxygen concentrations in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on pork color and protein oxidation under refrigerated storage. Pork steaks were vacuum packaged or MAP packed with different levels of oxygen (40%, 60% and 80%), and stored for 14 days at 4 °C. After storage, the instrumental color, purge loss, cooking loss and shear fore were measured, and ...
José Santos-Silva; Alexandra Francisco; Ana Paula Portugal; Kátia Paulos; Maria Teresa Dentinho; João M. Almeida; Leandro Regedor; Letícia Fialho; Liliana Cachucho; Eliana Jerónimo; Susana P. Alves; Rui J.B. Bessa
... Thirty-two bulls were assigned to four total mixed biodiverse haylage-based diets to evaluate the effects of partial substitution of grains by agroindustrial byproducts, sunflower seeds (SS) supplementation and haylage level on growth, in vitro methane production and carcass and meat quality. Dietary treatments included a grain-based diet with 30% grain and haylage:concentrate ratio (H:C) of 60:40 ...
... This study examined the effect of hatchery wastes (HW) on feed intake, performance, and carcass components in fattening lambs. Thirty male lambs were fed HW for 90 days in a completely randomized design. The experimental diets were: 1) control (C) (without HW), 2) diet containing 3% HW (3%HW) and 3) diet containing 6% HW (6%HW). HW was substituted for cotton seed meal. Dry matter intake increased ...
... Grass silage is barely used in intensive beef production, but it is unclear if its lower energy supply compared to maize-silage feeding really impairs growth performance. Diets with 100, 300, 500 or 750 g grass silage/kg dry matter replacing maize silage and concentrate were tested with or without dried corn-cob mix (CCM). Performance, carcass and meat quality were studied in 30 Limousin-sired bul ...
... This study aims to optimize the preparation of thyme essential oil nanoemulsion using a ternary mixture design based on the following three components: chitosan, gum Arabic and median-chain triacyglycerols (MCT). The results showed that the formulation which contained 40% chitosan, 40% gum Arabicand 20% of MCT led to a stable nanoemulsion within 30 days of storage at 4 °C. Indeed, the observed mea ...
... The effect of enterocin (Ent)7420 and sage on rabbit meat carcass quality and amino acid (AA) conetnt was evaluated. Ninty-six Hyla male rabbits (35 days aged) were divided into experimental: E (Ent7420), S (sage), E + S (Ent7420 + sage) and control (C) groups. The additives were administrated in drinking water during 21 days. Time and time and treatment interaction effect were noted on carcass tr ...
cattle; denaturation; enthalpy; entropy; meat; meat science; temperature
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... Thermal properties of muscles are of great interest in meat science. A recent article (Vaskoska et al., 2021) examines the thermal denaturation of proteins in bovine muscles, masseter and cutaneous trunci, by measuring the enthalpy and melting temperature of the denaturation. In the present article, we report the numerical values of entropy in the denaturation of proteins. Furthermore, we describe ...
absorbance; absorption; beef; lactic acid; muscles; pH; reflectance; refractive index
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... Previous studies have noted lower L* (lightness) values for both dark-cutting beef and normal-pH beef enhanced with lactate. In the current study, absorption-coefficient, scattering-coefficient, CIE L*a*b* values, refractive index of sarcoplasm, and inter-muscle bundle space were evaluated for dark-cutting beef, normal-pH beef enhanced with lactate, normal-pH beef enhanced with water, and normal-p ...
... This study evaluated the effects of theaflavins (TFs), tea polyphenols (TP) and vitamin C (VC) on the nitrite residue amount, color, antioxidant capacity and N-nitrosamines inhibition in cured sausage. The addition of TFs, TP and VC combined with NaNO₂ respectively could significantly increase the a* value, nitroso pigment content and DPPH free radical scavenging rate, and effectively reduced the ...
... The objective of this study was to evaluate the properties of skin-on and skin-off goat processing and carcasses for processing efficiency, fabrication time, biochemical factors, and sensory attributes for stewed goat meat. Thirty-one goats were harvested in 2 separate experiments, either skin-on (n = 16) or off (n = 15). The carcasses were fabricated into four primals and each primal was cut into ...
... A large amount of zinc protoporphyrin IX (ZnPP) is found in nitrite/nitrate-free dry-cured meat products, such as Parma ham, and is known to contribute to the favorable bright red color of the latter. ZnPP is a metalloporphyrin, in which zinc is coordinated, instead of iron, in the porphyrin ring. ZnPP proved to be more stable than heme, and its formation should be favored in dried meat products t ...
... The aim of this study was to assess the behaviour of Swiss students regarding meat consumption by analysing their current consumption habits, attitudes and knowledge, acceptance of meat alternatives and willingness to reduce meat intake. Data were collected through an online survey conducted in universities and universities of applied sciences among German- and French-speaking students in Switzerl ...
animal welfare; beef; chickens; consumer preferences; flavor; food safety; issues and policy; juiciness; meat production; meat tenderness; raw meat; slaughter; urbanization; India
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... Urbanisation and changing food habits in India have resulted in a shift in consumption from cereals to protein-based foods. Women play a major role in India in all activities related to food at household and therefore, the current paper reports the findings of the qualitative work conducted to understand women consumers' preference and perception towards meat and its attributes as a function of th ...
... Visible and near-infrared spectroscopy (VIS/NIRS) has been extensively used in the livestock and food industries to quantify meat quality. Here, we collected VIS/NIRS data of 1206 pigs longissimus muscle, measured the corresponding 15 meat quality traits, and used seven models to predict these meat quality traits. The prediction performances of 7 models varied among predicted traits, with the Rcᵥ² ...
... Silkworm oil was used in a rabbit diet to evaluate its benefit on the fatty acid (FA) profile of different carcass portions. Two experimental diets were prepared: a control diet (commercial diet with 13 g/kg sunflower oil) and a silkworm oil diet (SWO) (commercial diet with 13 g/kg silkworm oil). Rabbits received the experimental diets the last three weeks before slaughter, which occurred at 10 we ...
Juan F. Morales Gómez; Daniel S. Antonelo; Mariane Beline; Bruna Pavan; Danilo B. Bambil; Paulo Fantinato-Neto; Arlindo Saran-Netto; Paulo Roberto Leme; Rodrigo S. Goulart; David E. Gerrard; Saulo L. Silva
... The impact of growth rate (GR) and finishing regime (FR) on growth and meat quality traits of Angus x Nellore crossbred steers, harvested at a constant body weight (530 ± 20 kg) or time on feed (140 days), was evaluated. Treatments were: 1) feedlot, high GR; 2) feedlot, low GR; 3) pasture, high GR and 4) pasture, low GR. Live body composition, carcass and meat quality traits were evaluated. High G ...
... This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different aging times (1, 6 and 14 days) on the tenderization rate and protein changes in ten Martina Franca donkey striploins using a proteomic approach. During aging, a progressive decrease in share force, hardness, gumminess, and chewiness together with an increase in myofibril fragmentation index were observed. Proteolysis monitored by immunoblotting ...
... The aims of the present study were to partially replace tallowfat with oleogels in sucuk formulations, and compare the samples. Flaxseed oil-sunflower wax (SWO) and beeswax oleogels (BWO) were included at 17.17% in the same recipe against control with tallowfat. Sucuk-BWO had higher fat and lower moisture contents. There were color and pH differences, and weight (16.56%) and cooking loss (16.03%) ...
... This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different cooking time (2, 4, and 6 h) and temperature (50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 °C) on physical, textual, and structural properties of longissimus lumborum muscle of yak, and to explore the thermal denaturation process of intramuscular collagen by using a new tool (collagen hybridizing peptide staining, CHP staining). The results showed that tenderness wa ...
... Muscle fibre characteristics (MFCs) are related to lean meat production and meat quality. We newly estimated the heritability and genetic correlation of MFCs and meat quality in biopsied and post-mortem meat samples of 595 Jeju black pigs (JBPs). The cross-sectional area (CSA) (Type I: 0.76 and Type IIA: 0.89), % MF area (MFA) (Type I: 0.82), and % MF number (MFN) between the biopsied and post-mor ...
... This study was conceived to evaluate the variations between backfat (BF) and Semimembranosus (SM) muscle fatty acid (FA) composition in 789 heavy pigs and to estimate the genetic and phenotypic correlations and the heritability values of these variations. Most FAs showed a common genetic basis controlling their proportion in SM muscle and BF, while the n-6/n-3 ratio, α-linolenic and erucic acids d ...