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Effects of sex, sire and in-bag dry-ageing on the physicochemical and microbial properties, colour and fatty acids stability of lamb
Forty legs from twenty lamb of different sexes and sires (colour stable and labile) were aged using in-bag dry- (BD) and wet-ageing (W) for 21 days. BD resulted in significantly lower moisture content, cook loss, colour (L*, a*, b* and chroma) and % polyunsaturated fatty acids (FAs), higher levels of microbial growth and saturated FAs compared to W. Similar NADH content was observed regardless of sex, sire and ageing. Samples from ram and labile sire had significantly higher pH and saturated FAs and reduced monounsaturated FAs composition compared to those from ewe and stable sire. Lamb from labile sire had significantly higher fat melting point than the stable. Thus, the superior stability of stabile sire was observed only in ram and was not impaired by BD. The sex × sire interaction on oxidative stability demonstrated potential to tailor the quality of dry-aged lamb through altering sex and sire of animals.
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SSIF: Meat Futures - profiting from global food trends
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2022-09-21Project number
- 67372
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- English
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