A review of the principles and applications of near-infrared spectroscopy to characterize meat, fat, and meat products

N Prieto, O Pawluczyk, MER Dugan… - Applied …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Consumer demand for quality and healthfulness has led to a higher need for quality
assurance in meat production. This requirement has increased interest in near-infrared …

Perspective of sodium reduction based on endogenous proteases via the strategy of sodium replacement in conjunction with mediated-curing

M Li, X Zhang, Y Yin, J Li, C Qu, L Liu… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
NaCl is the main curing agent in dry-cured meat products, and a large amount of NaCl
addition leads to high salt content of final products. Salt content and composition are …

Quantitative study of the relationships among proteolysis, lipid oxidation, structure and texture throughout the dry-cured ham process

R Harkouss, T Astruc, A Lebert, P Gatellier, O Loison… - Food Chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Temperature, salt and water contents are key processing factors in dry-cured ham
production. They affect how proteolysis, lipid oxidation, structure and texture evolve, and …

Relationship between water content, NaCl content, pH and texture parameters in dry-cured muscles

J Ruiz-Ramírez, J Arnau, X Serra, P Gou - Meat Science, 2005 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to describe the effect of NaCl and pH on the relationship
between water content and hardness, cohesiveness and springiness in dry-cured muscles …

Technologies to shorten the drying period of dry-cured meat products

J Arnau, X Serra, J Comaposada, P Gou, M Garriga - Meat science, 2007 - Elsevier
Dry-cured meat products are well-known for their unique sensory characteristics. However,
the traditional process is very time consuming. The process can be shortened especially by …

Effect of pH24, NaCl content and proteolysis index on the relationship between water content and texture parameters in biceps femoris and semimembranosus …

J Ruiz-Ramírez, J Arnau, X Serra, P Gou - Meat Science, 2006 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of pH level and NaCl content on the
relationship between water content and texture parameters in semimembranosus and …

Expression of recombinant transglutaminase gene in Pichia pastoris and its uses in restructured meat products

X Yang, Y Zhang - Food Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Transglutaminase is an effective enzyme that catalyzes the crosslinking of various meats,
improves meat product quality, and is widely used in the meat industry. In this study …

Influence of sodium replacement on physicochemical properties of dry-cured loin

M Aliño, R Grau, F Toldrá, E Blesa, MJ Pagán, JM Barat - Meat Science, 2009 - Elsevier
The consumption of cured meat products is not recommended to hypertensive consumers
due to its high sodium content. This constitutes an important restriction for this industry …

Effect of salt and moisture content reduction on physical and microbiological properties of salted, pressed and freeze dried turkey meat

MY Yalçın, M Şeker - LWT-Food Science and Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The effect of salt content, pressing and moisture content on textural, micro structural and
color characteristics, adsorption isotherms and microbiological count of turkey breast meat …

Non-destructive estimation of moisture, water activity and NaCl at ham surface during resting and drying using NIR spectroscopy

C Collell, P Gou, J Arnau, J Comaposada - Food Chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper describes the ability of near infra-red reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy to predict
moisture, water activity (aw) and NaCl content at the surface of dry-cured ham during the …