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Effects of a humidity-stabilizing sheet on the color and K value of beef stored at cold temperatures
1Kawasaki Research Laboratory, Showa Denko Plastic Products Co. Ltd. 5-1,Ookawa-Cho, Kawasaki-Ku, Kawasaki-Shi, 210-0858,Kanagawa, Japan.
Abstract:
The effects of a humidity-stabilizing sheet containing glycerol, on the color and K value of beef stored at cold temperatures were investigated in this study. A drip-absorbing sheet seems to be effective for the preservation of meat quality, while a humidity-stabilizing sheet containing glycerol prevents the increase of metmyoglobin in cold stored beef. Maintaining samples wrapped in humidity-stabilizing sheets containing glycerol at low temperature for 7days was a functional method for conserving the concentration of inosine monophosphate. Beef samples wrapped in sheets containing glycerol had lower K values than samples wrapped in sheets not containing glycerol. When the surface of the meat starts to desiccate, the humidity-stabilizing sheet releases moisture that has been absorbed from the beef in the early stages of storage. Thus, glycerol could potentially play a role as a humidity-stabilizing controller and color preservative. This research suggests that a humidity-stabilizing sheet containing glycerol is a useful moisture controller and prevents deterioration of meat quality, discoloration, and desiccation.
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