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  • Spectroscopy
  • Agricultural Technology

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  • Assessing fresh pork tenderness and slice shear force (SSF) is crucial for consumer satisfaction and market value.
  • Traditional methods for evaluating pork quality are often time-consuming and subjective.
  • Raman spectroscopy (RS) offers a potential non-destructive method for rapid quality assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the utility of Raman spectroscopic signatures in predicting fresh pork tenderness and SSF.
  • To evaluate the accuracy of Raman spectroscopy for pork quality assessment at different postmortem aging times (day 1 and day 15).

Main Methods:

  • Collected Raman spectral data from fresh pork loin using a portable Raman spectrometer (RS).
  • Developed partial least square (PLS) regression models to predict sensory tenderness scores and SSF values.
  • Developed classification models to categorize pork quality into 'poor' vs. 'good' based on tenderness and SSF.

Main Results:

  • Partial least square models showed a weak correlation between sensory tenderness and SSF (R² = 0.2).
  • Quantitative prediction of tenderness and SSF from Raman spectral data yielded limited success.
  • Prediction accuracies were significantly greater for day 15 postmortem samples compared to day 1 samples for both tenderness and SSF.

Conclusions:

  • Raman spectroscopy demonstrates potential as a rapid, on-line screening tool for pork quality assessment.
  • The accuracy of Raman spectroscopy for predicting pork tenderness and SSF increases with postmortem aging.
  • This technology could enable pork producers to efficiently select high-quality meats and identify poor-quality products.