Title
Quality attributes and consumer acceptance of new ready-to-eat frozen restructured chicken
Date Issued
15 April 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Springer India
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to develop a new restructured product, cooked and frozen ready-to-eat product that was prepared with boneless chicken meat (breast and drumstick) and mechanically separated chicken meat (MSCM). Non-meat ingredients, such as transglutaminase (TG) and egg albumin powder, were tested to obtain a better strength of adhesion between the meat particles. Five formulations for restructured chicken were developed as follows: T1 (1 % transglutaminase), T2 (1 % transglutaminase and 15 % MSCM), T3 (1 % egg albumin powder), T4 (1 % egg albumin powder and 15 % MSCM) and T5 (1 % transglutaminase, 1 % egg albumin powder and 15 % MSCM). The results of the experiment showed a greater luminosity (L*) in the treatments with TG (T1) and albumin (T3). The treatments without MSCM (T1 and T3) presented significantly lower mean values for redness (a*) when compared to treatments with MSCM (T2, T4 and T5) (p ≤ 0.05). No significant differences were noted between the treatments (p ≥ 0.05) when analyzing the percentage of total saturated fatty acids (SFA), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and cholesterol content. Consumer testing showed a high acceptance of the restructured products in all evaluated attributes. Similarly, with regard to the purchase intention, consumers mostly expressed that they would probably or certainly buy the products, for treatments T1, T2, T3 and T5. Moreover, the meat cuts with no commercial value, can transform into new ready-to-eat products that have a high probability of success in the market.
Start page
2869
End page
2877
Volume
52
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Alimentos y bebidas
Otras ciencias agrícolas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84939415597
Source
Journal of Food Science and Technology
ISSN of the container
00221155
Sponsor(s)
Funding for this project was provided by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP, Project n 2010/08182–2) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Ensino Superior (CAPES) for a scholarship to Marcio Almeida. We would also like to thank Fricok S.A., Ajinomoto do Brazil Ind. e Com. de Alimentos Ltda and Salto Alimentos Ltda. for donating the meat and materials used in this study.
Sources of information:
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