Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 434, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137442
Keywords
FTIR spectroscopy; Protein aggregation; Protein surface hydrophobicity; Meat ultrastructure; Microwave processing; Meat digestion
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This study investigated the effects of industrial microwave processing and sous vide on goat and lamb meat. The results showed that both processes had different impacts on meat protein structure, but resulted in similar overall protein digestibility at the same tenderness level.
This study investigated the effect of industrial microwave (MW) processing, and sous vide (SV) on goat and lamb biceps femoris, where samples were cooked to the same tenderness. The cooked meat quality and ultrastructure were analyzed along with determining the protein surface hydrophobicity, particle size distribution, secondary structure, and protein digestibility. MW-processing resulted in higher cooking loss and more ultrastructural damage than SV and also induced higher myofibrillar protein surface hydrophobicity. Both processes caused a significant increase (p < 0.05) in the beta-sheet and an increase in the random coils with a reduction (p < 0.05) in alpha-helix and beta-turns. Both processes led to different protein hydrolysis patterns (observed through SDS-PAGE), but overall free amino N release after digestion was not significantly different among them. The results suggest that MW and SV modify meat protein structure differently, but with the same meat tenderness level, these processes can lead to similar overall protein digestibility.
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