Investigation of the Factors That Influence the Quality of Meat and Meat Products

A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Meat".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2024 | Viewed by 706

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Dear Colleagues,

Meat, which is available in a wide variety of raw and processed variants, has played a vital role in human evolution and represents an important component of the human diet. Nowadays, the meat industry has been trying to produce meat and meat products of increasingly improving quality. But what does quality mean when it comes to meat? The major aspects of meat quality include yield and composition, appearance and technological characteristics, palatability, wholesomeness, and others. To produce high-quality meat and meat products, meat scientists have been investigating the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence the quality of meat and meat products.

In this Special Issue, we encourage the submission of manuscripts focusing on the factors that influence the quality of meat or meat products, including yield and composition, appearance and technological characteristics, palatability, wholesomeness, and so forth. We welcome the submission of original manuscripts in the field of meat science that fill gaps in the knowledge associated with meat quality, and those that involve the use of cutting-edge technologies to manage meat quality.

Dr. Shengjie Li
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Keywords

  • meat quality
  • meat color
  • tenderness
  • juiciness
  • nutritional quality

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Changes in Novel Biomarkers for Protein Oxidation in Pork Patties under Different Cooking Methods
by Chuanyu Guo, Shouyin Wang, Xiaolei Jia, Jinfeng Pan, Xiuping Dong and Shengjie Li
Foods 2024, 13(7), 1034; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13071034 - 28 Mar 2024
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The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of different biomarkers to identify the levels of protein oxidation in pork patties induced by assorted cooking methods. To achieve this purpose, pork patties prepared from longissimus dorsi were cooked using three methods [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of different biomarkers to identify the levels of protein oxidation in pork patties induced by assorted cooking methods. To achieve this purpose, pork patties prepared from longissimus dorsi were cooked using three methods (frying, steaming, and roasting) at different internal temperatures (60, 70, 80, and 90 °C). Traditional biomarkers including total carbonyl and total thiol and novel biomarkers including α-aminoadipic semialdehyde (AAS) and lysinonorleucine (LNL) were determined. Results demonstrated that total thiol and AAS were the most successful biomarkers in distinguishing the three cooking methods in relation to protein oxidation, with AAS being the most sensitive. Moreover, as indicated by the biomarkers of total thiol and AAS, frying caused the highest level of protein oxidation, while steaming resulted in the lowest level when pork patties were cooked to the internal temperatures of 70 or 80 °C. Full article
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