Nitrite spray treatment to promote red color stability of vacuum packaged beef

Meat Science

Volumn 99, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-17

  Song, Xiao ^a,b   Cornforth, Daren ^b   Whittier, Dick ^b   Luo, Xin ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Color; Display; Nitrite; Package; Spray

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DISPLAY DEVICES; NITRIC OXIDE; PACKAGING; SPRAYING; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

BICEPS FEMORIS; COLOR STABILITY; IN-VACUUM; LONGISSIMUS; NITRITE; NITRITE SOLUTIONS; SODIUM NITRITE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BEEF;

MYOGLOBIN; NITRITE; SODIUM NITRITE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; COLOR; COOKING; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMAN; MEAT; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VACUUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLOR; COOKING; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; NITRITES; PIGMENTATION; SODIUM NITRITE; VACUUM;

EID: 84907867285     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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