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Evaluation of Physicochemical,Microbiological and Sensory Stability of Frozen Stored Vacuum-Packed Lamb Meat
Authors:Rafaella de Paula Paseto Femandest  Maria Teresa de Alvarenga Freire  Celso da Costa Carrer  Marco Antonio Trindade
Affiliation:1. Department of Food Engeneering, College of Animal Science and Food Engineering of University, São Paulo (FZEA/USP), Avenida Duque of Caxias Norte, 225, Jardim Elite, Pirassununga, São Paulo 13.635-900, Brazil;2. Department of Food Engineering, FZEA/USP, Pirassununga, São Paulo 13.635-900, Brazil;3. Department of Animal Science, FZEA/USP, Pirassununga, São Paulo 13.635-900, Brazil
Abstract:Nowadays, lamb meat represents only 7% of all meat produced in the world. In recent years the demand for standardized lamb meat cuts has been considered of great importance and the marketing occurs predominantly in the form of frozen cuts. Herewith, the main of this work was to evaluate the stability and safety of lamb meat during frozen storage. Meats were vacuum packed in high barrier multilayer plastic films and stored during 12 mon at (?18±1)°C. The meat stability was assessed by physical and chemical (lipid oxidation, objective color, pH value, cooking losses and instrumental texture), microbiological (total count of psychrotrophic, coliform count at 45°C, coagulase-positive staphylococci and the presence of Salmonella) and sensory analysis (acceptance test and visual evaluation). The vacuum packed lamb meat remained stable as to most physical and chemical indexes. Microbiological indexes showed good stability throughout the storage period according to Brazilian legislation standards to pathogenic microorganisms. Although a significant reduction in tenderness (shear force increase from 3 to 8 kg), it showed a good sensorial acceptance for all attributes tested, including texture, with scores of around 7 (like moderately) during the 12 mon of storage. Therefore, it can be concluded that, under the conditions applied in this study, lamb meat presents a shelf life of at least 12 mon when stored at ?18°C.
Keywords:acceptance test   Longissimus dorsi   shelf life
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