The objective of this study was to compare the Color Muse Spectro 1 sensor to the HunterLab MiniScan XE Plus spectrophotometer for evaluating beef color. Color coordinates (lightness (L*), redness (a*), yellowness (b*), chroma (C*), and hue (h*)), myoglobin redox forms (metmyoglobin (MMb), deoxymyoglobin (DMb), and oxymyoglobin (OMb)), and metmyoglobin reducing ability (MRA) were measured on beef steaks over a 5-days storage period. The results indicated that L*, b*, C*, MMb%, OMb%, and MRA% values obtained with Spectro 1 were comparable to those of MiniScan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study was to develop an in situ model for dark cutting beef. Iodoacetic acid (IAA) was injected at different concentrations (0, 0.625, 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe objective of this study was to investigate the effect of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) with different oxygen concentrations on color changes of dark-cutting beef steaks from M. longissimus thoraces et lumborum. Four normal-pH (mean pH = 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSodium nitrite solutions were sprayed on select grade boneless rib (M. longissimus thoracis) and bottom round (mainly M. biceps femoris) steaks individually, to form bright red nitric oxide myoglobin (NO-Mb) in vacuum packages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives of the current study were to evaluate meat ultra-structure and tenderness variation at different chilling regimes and aging times. Hot boned longissimus lumborum of 18 Chinese crossbred cattle were divided into 4 portions per side. One portion underwent very fast chilling (VFC, at -21 °C to achieve core temperature of 0 °C, then transferred to another incubator at 2 °C), whereas other treatments were held at 14, 7 and 0 °C for 10 h postmortem, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTen panelists were selected from the local community to develop a meat lexicon composed of 18 terms that describe flavor attributes found in red meats. This flavor lexicon was used to compare the flavor profile of meat from beef cattle finished on grass or grain. Steaks from grass-fed animals were significantly (P<0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Food safety is paramount for cooking hamburger. The center must reach 71 °C (or 68 °C for 15 s) to assure destruction of E. coli O157:H7 and other food pathogens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffects of Type I antioxidants eugenol and rosmarinic acid were compared to those of Type II antioxidants milk mineral (MM), sodium tripolyphosphpate (STPP), and phytate in raw ground beef held for 14 days at 4 degrees C in oxygen-permeable polyvinylchloride. Meat color stability was measured as % oxymyoglobin, Hunter a * value, chroma, and hue angle. Significant correlations (P<0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study compared myoglobin (Mb) oxidation in lipid-free model systems containing iron and Type I (radical quenching) or Type II (metal chelating) antioxidants. Oxidation was measured as loss of oxymyoglobin (MbO(2)) during 0 to 24 h holding at 22 degrees C. Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) demonstrated iron-binding ability at all concentrations tested (88% and 21% added iron bound at 1 and 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Agric Food Chem
December 2006
A model system was used to study the effect of nonheme iron on myoglobin oxidation at pH 5.6 and pH 7.2 at 23 degrees C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCase-ready fresh beef is typically packaged in a modified-atmosphere with approximately 80% oxygen and 20% carbon dioxide. Recently, USDA approved distribution of fresh meats in a master bag system using 0.4% carbon monoxide (CO).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe antioxidant effects of 0.5-2.0% milk mineral (MM) was tested in raw and cooked ground pork stored at 2 °C or -20 °C, compared to butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and sodium tripolyphosphate (STP).
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