It is known that PSE meat present important functional defects, such as low water holding capacity and ultimate pH, which may compromise the quality of further-processed meat products. In this study, L* (lightness), a* ...

© 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.Purpose: Global meat consumption has increased rapidly, which is of concern, given its contribution to environmental destruction. Within this framework, this article aims to analyse the ...

A broad variety of veterinary drugs are used in livestock and they could therefore appear as residues in meat and edible tissues for human consumption. Antibiotics to treat bacterial infections, anthelmintics to control ...

It is known that PSE meat present important functional defects, such as low water holding capacity and ultimate pH, which may compromise the quality of further-processed meat products. In this study, L* (lightness), a* ...

Ultrasound is an acoustic mechanical wave that, at intensities above 20 kHz, can cause cavitation, a phenomenon responsible for accelerating chemical reactions and/or causing changes in the microstructure of food. This ...

Brazil is the world’s first chicken meat exporter nowadays. The maintenance of this position requires a constant quality attributes evolution. This work evaluated the chicken meat consumer profile in the northwest region ...

Diet and nutritional factors among growing and ageing populations worldwide give raise to economic and health problems that must be addressed. Chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular, metabolic and neurodegenerative ...

Descriptive sensory analysis is one of the most adequate and used methods for sensory characterization of meat and meat products since it provides a lot of information that is easily interpreted during the elaboration of ...