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Huijuan Yang1, Muhammad Ammar Khan2, Xiaobo Yu1
1Synergetic Innovative Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China; Key Lab of Meat Processing and Quality Control, Ministry of Education, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China; Key Lab of Animal Product Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
Abstract:
This study investigated the role of high-pressure processing (HPP) for improving the functional properties of meat batters and the textural properties of reduced-fat sausages. Application of 200MPa pressure at 10°C for 2min to pork batters containing various fat contents (0-30%) affected their rheological properties, cooking losses, color, textual properties and their protein imaging. The results revealed that both application of 200MPa and increasing fat content decreased cooking loss, as well as improved the textural and rheological properties. Cooking losses, texture and sensory evaluation of 200MPa treated sausages having 20% fat were similar to those of the 0.1MPa treated sausages having 30% fat. Principal component analysis revealed that certain quality attributes were affected differently by the levels of fat addition and by HPP. These findings indicated the potential of HPP for improving yield and texture of emulsion-type sausages having reduced fat contents.
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