Marinade injection of pork as a possible technological strategy to reduce boar taint: Response and attitude of the consumer.

Autor: Peñaranda I; Department of Food Science and Technology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain., Egea M; Department of Food Science and Technology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain., Linares MB; Department of Food Science and Technology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain., López MB; Department of Food Science and Technology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain., Garrido MD; Department of Food Science and Technology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: mgarrido@um.es.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Meat science [Meat Sci] 2024 Jun; Vol. 212, pp. 109462. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 20.
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109462
Abstrakt: Sensory evaluation by consumers allows validation of a solution for the food industry to overcome boar taint and market entire male pork with high levels of boar taint considered "unfit for human consumption". One possible technological strategy for improvement is the injection marination of entire male pork to help minimise the impact of boar taint and improve its marketability. The responses of 120 regular pork consumers, to entire males with high levels of boar taint and castrated pork, both injection-marinated, were evaluated. The results showed a similar response between entire and castrated male pork regardless of sex, and the detection of unpleasant odours and flavours (as farm/animal), thus offering a new alternative to the pork sector to mask the boar taint and revalue this pork. However, it was observed that consumer information on castration and animal welfare of entire male pork is scarce, and it is important to increase their knowledge so that they can place a value on this technological strategy with entire male pork and thus increase their purchase intention.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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