Impact of frozen temperature and thawing methods on the Brazilian sensory profile of Nellore beef



Título del documento: Impact of frozen temperature and thawing methods on the Brazilian sensory profile of Nellore beef
Revista: Scientia Agricola
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000455500
ISSN: 0103-9016
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Alimentos e Nutricao, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
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Volumen: 78
Número: 6
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés We evaluated the effect of frozen storage temperature and thawing methods on acceptance and sensory profile of steaks of Nellore beef strip loin under 30 days of frozen storage. Fresh strip loin (n = 13), collected two days after slaughter, were aged (2 °C) for 14 days and cut into seven steaks subjected to one of the treatments: control (unfrozen), combination of two freezing temperatures (−10 and −20 °C), and three thawing methods (microwave, ambient temperature, and refrigeration thawing). Steaks in the frozen/thawing treatment were frozen using an ultra-fast freezer until the desirable temperature was reached and were stored for 30 days. After cooking, steaks were analyzed by 11 panelists for the Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA®) and by 120 beef consumers for acceptance. Storage temperature and thawing methods showed little or no changes in the sensory quality of strip loin steaks, detected by either panelists or consumers. In the QDA®, apparent juiciness was lower in samples thawed in microwave, while the rancid flavor was lower for samples frozen at −20 °C and thawed in refrigeration ( p < 0.05). The consumer test showed that samples stored at −10 °C and microwave thawing was most accepted in terms of tenderness, juiciness, and overall impression. Fresh steaks (unfrozen) had low acceptance for overall impression in relation to frozen meat. This indicates that consumers could use a household freezer (−10 °C) and quicker thawing methods (microwave or room temperature) without compromising the sensory perception of steaks frozen up to one month
Disciplinas: Química
Palabras clave: Química de alimentos,
Carne de res,
Evaluación sensorial,
Nelore,
Congelación,
Descongelación
Keyword: Food chemistry,
Beef meat,
Sensorial evaluation,
Nellore,
Frozen,
Thawing
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