Textural attributes and oxidative stability of pork longissimus muscle injected with marbling-like emulsified lipids

Lizhen Ma, Youling L. Xiong

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Abstract

The objective of the study was to create marbling-like fat in lean pork with acceptable oxidative stability through the injection of canola/olive oil-substituted emulsions. Pork loins were injected with 5% water as control (CW) or 5% emulsion containing no tocopherols (E) or 0.07% tocopherols (ET) and stored at 2 °C in an oxygen-enriched package for up to 3. weeks. Lipid oxidation was totally inhibited in ET pork but increased 3-fold to 0.20. mg malonaldehyde/kg in CW and E pork after 3. weeks. ET treatment also had a positive effect on meat red color. Emulsion-containing pork, showing less protein oxidation (carbonyl and disulfide formation), had reduced drip loss and shear force than CW samples (P< 0.05). The results indicated that incorporation of antioxidant-containing emulsions could create marbling-like texture in lean pork without compromising oxidative stability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)209-216
Number of pages8
JournalMeat Science
Volume89
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2011

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Author Ma was on sabbatical leave while conducting this study at the University of Kentucky, which was supported by a Tianjin Agricultural Sci-Tech Achievement Transformation and Popularization Grant (No. 201002060 ) and a USDA NRI Grant (No. 2008-35503-18790 ).

Funding

Author Ma was on sabbatical leave while conducting this study at the University of Kentucky, which was supported by a Tianjin Agricultural Sci-Tech Achievement Transformation and Popularization Grant (No. 201002060 ) and a USDA NRI Grant (No. 2008-35503-18790 ).

FundersFunder number
Tianjin Agricultural Sci-Tech Achievement Transformation and Popularization201002060
U.S. Department of Agriculture2008-35503-18790

    Keywords

    • Antioxidant
    • Emulsion
    • Lipid oxidation
    • Marbling
    • Pork

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Food Science

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