ISSN:
1750-3841
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
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Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Porcine semimembranosus muscles were cured (with different levels of nitrite, nitrate, and their combination), smoked, and irradiated with 3.2 Mrad gamma radiation at −40°C. Subjective studies by a trained panel, objective studies of total color difference (calculated from tristimulus values), and behavior of residual nitrite and nitrate show that radiation alters the pink color of cured meats (radiation- induced fading). Contrary to prior reports, nitrate affects neither color development nor post-irradiation fading. Color of nitrate- cured samples, like uncured samples, become bright red when irradiated, due to reduction of globin myohemichromogen (indistinguishable from pink color of cured meat), and therefore are more desirable.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1981.tb14525.x
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