Publications by authors named "Andrzej Poltorak"

In recent years, interest in functional foods and meat analogues has increased. This study investigated the effect of the type of vegetable fat and ingredients with antioxidant activity on the properties of a meat analogue based on textured pea protein. The possibility of using acai oil (AO), canola oil (CO) and olive oil (OO); propolis extract (P); buckwheat honey (H); and jalapeno pepper extract (JE) was investigated.

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No study has demonstrated the use of dietary Cannabis-derived cannabidiol (CBD) to alter the stress response in chickens or examined its effects on meat volatile compounds (VOCs). Here, we subjected chickens to dysbiosis via C. perfringens infection or Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment and investigated the potential link between meat VOCs and cecal bacterial activity and the ameliorative effect of CBD.

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The aim of the study was to verify the effect of sage extracts obtained using cold plasma on the quality of ground beef. Patties with a different content of sage extracts (0.05% and 0.

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This study was conducted to evaluate the possibility of using plasma-activated cow and soy milk powders as a substitute for sodium nitrite for wet curing of pork meat (m. longissimus thoracis et lumborum). Pork loin slices were cured for 4 d at refrigerate conditions in four brines: water + salt (NC group), water + salt + sodium nitrite (PC group), water + salt + plasma-activated cow milk powder (B1 group), and water + salt + plasma-activated soy milk powder (B2 group).

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Meat is a rich source of various nutrients. However, it needs processing before consumption, what in turn generates formation of carcinogenic compounds, i.a.

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The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of partial replacement of beef tallow with sunflower, canola, linseed, olive oil and milk fat on physical properties, oxidation stability, fatty acid profile and PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) content of beef burgers. Studies have shown a strong relationship between the fatty acid profile and the PAH content (especially of the heavy PAHs). The partial replacement of beef tallow with oils and milk fat (MF) contributed to a change in the fatty acid profile and a reduction in the hardness of the burgers.

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The growing number of people at high risk of cardiovascular disease development contributed to both changes in diets by consumers and the reformulation of food products by food producers. Cardiovascular diseases are caused by the i.a.

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This study investigated the effect of plasma activated milk powder containing 1.3 g/kg nitrite as an alternative to sodium nitrite in stored pork sausages. Control samples (NC) did not contain a nitrite source, while the recipes of other treatments contained 100 ppm sodium nitrite (PC), 5% plasma activated milk powder (PAMP), and 5% plasma activated milk powder with 0.

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This study evaluates the effects of using a fat substitute in beef burgers composed of a hydrogel emulsion enriched with encapsulated safflower oil and açai extract. The influences of the fat substitute on the chemical (TBARS, fatty acids, and volatile compounds profile) and physical (weight loss, cooking loss, water-holding capacity, color, and texture analyses) characteristics of the burgers were analyzed after 0, 4 and 8 days of storage at 4 ± 1 °C. The obtained results were compared with control groups (20 g of tallow or 8 g of safflower oil).

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Many people are increasingly interested in a vegetarian or vegan diet. Looking at the research and the available options in the market, there are two generations of products based on typical proteins, such as soy or gluten, and newer generation proteins, such as peas or faba beans, or even proteins based on previously used feed proteins. In the review, we present the characteristics of several proteins that can be consumed as alternatives to first-generation proteins used in vegan foods.

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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 (E), pea (E) and lentil (E) preparations (100 g/kg of meat ingredients) were manufactured and stored for 8 days.

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Marinating is one of the most common methods of pre-processing meat. Appropriate selection of marinade ingredients can influence the physicochemical properties of the meat and can reduce the level of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the final product. The effects of the inclusion of natural plant extracts such as bay leaf (BL), black pepper (BP), turmeric (TU), jalapeno pepper (JP) and tamarind paste (TA) in marinades on the physicochemical properties of grilled pork neck were studied.

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There are many reasons why consumers and food producers are looking for alternatives to meat and meat products, which includes the following: health, environmental or ethical aspects. This study reviews recent scientific reports on meat analogues. The scope of the review includes the following: formulation and nutritional value; health safety and legal regulations; manufacturing and processing technologies including the latest developments in this area; product availability on the food market; and consumer attitudes towards meat analogues.

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Cold plasma is a new technology of promising potential to use as a part of technological extraction lines constructed to implement green chemistry solutions or simply to reduce resources in solvent-based extraction lines. The present study was undertaken to verify the effect of nitrogen cold plasma pre-treatment conducted for 8 min (20 kHz) on the content of antioxidants, antioxidant activity, the profile of volatile compounds, microbial count, pH and color measured in herb extracts (12 herbs: ) obtained with its usage. The surface morphology of extracted herbs was examined as well.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in meat products are formed, among others, as a by-product of thermal processing such as smoking or grilling. Due their highly toxic effects on the human organism, it is necessary to monitor PAH content in food products and develop appropriate analytical methods for their determination. The aim of this study was to compare PAH content in meat products subjected to smoking or grilling process.

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Meat Standards Australia (MSA) methodology was used to evaluate the sensory categorization of beef by Polish consumers. A significant quality range was created by utilisation of 3 muscles, M. psoas major, M.

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Oxidative stability of lipid fractions extracted from sponge-fat cakes enriched with green tea extracts and synthetic antioxidant (BHA) directly after baking and after 28 days of storage was investigated. This was achieved by the determination of peroxide (PV), -anisidine (-AnV) and acid values (AV), and using Rancimat test or differential scanning calorimetry method, respectively. The results showed that the lipid fractions extracted from sponge-fat cakes containing the addition of BHA (0.

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Tenderness is the most important characteristic of meat, determining consumer approval. There are numerous methods of its improvement, although of diverse effectiveness. addition of vitamin D to the feed for a short period before slaughter (7-10 days) is one of the natural ways to enhance the tenderness.

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This study investigated the impact of packaging systems on the degradation and oxidation of beef proteins regarding beef tenderness of longissimus lumborum (LL) and biceps femoris (BF) muscles stored in vacuum skin packaging (VSP), a modified atmosphere with high oxygen concentration (MAP), and combined of these two methods (VSP+MAP). A significant decrease in the Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF) in VSP at D14 and D28 for LL was observed compared to BF. A significant effect of packaging system on troponin-T (Tn-T) and desmin degradation was shown (p≤0.

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This paper reports the impact of modified atmosphere gas compositions with different concentrations of CO/O/N on physicochemical traits of beef steaks from M. longissimus lumborum and M. gluteus medius.

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Changes of color, proportions of myoglobin forms, pH, Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF) of beef m. semimembranosus (SM) were examined during 21days of vacuum-aging. Significant changes in lightness, redness, yellowness, chroma, and hue angle (p≤0.

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The physicochemical properties of M. longissimus lumborum steaks over 12days of storage at 2°C, and under three packaging conditions, were investigated: vacuum skin packaging (VSP); modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), and their combination with semi-permeable inner VSP film (VSP-MAP). Standard gas composition (80% O2/20% CO2) was used for MAP and VSP-MAP packaging.

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In this study the very rare case of a parotid gland sialolithiasis was presented. The authors described opinions concerned with symptomatology, localization, diagnostics and methods of treatment in parotid sialolithiasis. The 12 months follow-up period was free of symptoms.

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