High pressure effect on the color of minced cured restructured ham at different levels of drying, pH, and NaCl

Kathrine Holmgaard Bak, Gunilla Karin Lindahl, Anders H Karlsson, Elsa Lloret, Gabriele Ferrini, Jacint Arnau, Vibeke Orlien

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    Abstract

    Color changes of minced cured restructured ham was studied considering the effects of high pressure (HP) treatment (600MPa, 13°C, 5min), raw meat pH 24 (low, normal, high), salt content (15, 30g/kg), and drying (20%, 50% weight loss). Raw hams were selected based on pH 24 in Semimembranosus, mixed with additives, frozen, sliced, and dried using the Quick-Dry-Slice® process. Meat color (CIE 1976 L*a*b*) and reflectance spectra were measured before and after HP treatment. HP significantly increased L*, decreased a*, and decreased b* for restructured ham dried to 20% weight loss, regardless of salt content and pH 24. L* and a* were best preserved in high pH/high salt restructured ham. HP had no effect on the color of restructured ham dried to 50% weight loss. HP had no effect on the shape of reflectance curves, indicating that the pigment responsible for minced cured restructured ham color did not change due to HP.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalMeat Science
    Volume90
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)690-696
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0309-1740
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2012

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