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Raúl Grau1, William Albarracín, Fidel Toldrá
1Intituto de Ingeniería de Alimentos para el Desarrollo, Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, Universidad Politécnica Valencia, Spain.
Abstract:
Fresh raw material has been traditionally used to obtain dry-cured Iberian ham, although the use of thawed raw material is increasing. This type of raw material has been previously studied for dry-cured production employing White pigs, where the salting time has been reduced to reach similar NaCl concentrations. The aim of this work was the analysis of salting and post-salting stages of Iberian hams, employing fresh or thawed raw materials. The results showed that fresh Iberian hams had higher salt concentrations than thawed Iberian hams for the salting time ratio used, a ratio established to reduce the freezing/thawing effect that was previously observed working with White ham. This fact shows that the Iberian raw material in dry-cured ham manufacturing is less affected, by the freezing/thawing process than the White raw material.
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