Theoretical Basis and Application for Measuring Pork Loin Drip Loss Using Microwave Spectroscopy

Autor: Olga Korostynska, Stefania Gudrun Bjarnadottir, Badr Abdullah, Ahmed Al-Shamma'a, Magomed Muradov, Alex Mason, Ole Alvseike, Kathrine Lunde
Jazyk: angličtina
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Zdroj: Sensors; Volume 16; Issue 2; Pages: 182
Sensors, Vol 16, Iss 2, p 182 (2016)
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 1424-8239
Popis: During cutting and processing of meat, the loss of water is critical in determining both product quality and value. From the point of slaughter until packaging, water is lost due to the hanging, movement, handling, and cutting of the carcass, with every 1% of lost water having the potential to cost a large meat processing plant somewhere in the region of €50,000 per day. Currently the options for monitoring the loss of water from meat, or determining its drip loss, are limited to destructive tests which take 24-72 h to complete. This paper presents results from work which has led to the development of a novel microwave cavity sensor capable of providing an indication of drip loss within 6 min, while demonstrating good correlation with the well-known EZ-Driploss method (R² = 0.896).
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