1. Impact of tumbling operating parameters on salt, water and acetic acid transfers during biltong-type meat processing
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J. De Souza, Pierre-Sylvain Mirade, A. Musavu Ndob, Jason Sicard, Thierry Goli, Louwrens C. Hoffman, Stéphane Portanguen, Antoine Collignan, Qualité des Produits Animaux (QuaPA), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Institut Pascal (IP), SIGMA Clermont (SIGMA Clermont)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Stellenbosch University, Démarche intégrée pour l'obtention d'aliments de qualité (UMR Qualisud), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Avignon Université (AU)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), meta-program GloFoodS (Valorcarn project) - INRA, meta-program GloFoodS (Valorcarn project) - CIRAD, and SIGMA Clermont (SIGMA Clermont)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])
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Curing (food preservation) ,Viande séchée ,Meat packing industry ,Vacuum ,Salage ,Acide acétique ,small meat pieces ,Mélangeur ,03 medical and health sciences ,Acetic acid ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0404 agricultural biotechnology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Q02 - Traitement et conservation des produits alimentaires ,Mass transfer ,Tumbling time ,[SDV.IDA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering ,salt ,Curing ,[SPI.GPROC]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Chemical and Process Engineering ,Food science ,Chemistry ,business.industry ,Transfert de masse ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,040401 food science ,Séchage ,water and acetic acid profiles ,Viande bovine ,13. Climate action ,mechanical effect ,Salt water ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,business ,Food Science - Abstract
International audience; This study investigated the impact of tumbling on mass transfer mechanisms occurring in small beef meat pieces during biltong production, by measuring salt, water and acetic acid profiles within the meat for different experimental tumbling conditions. Tumbling conditions significantly impacted the solute concentration profiles, except for that of water. Values of both salt and acetic acid diffusion coefficients obtained clearly showed that tumbling increased solute transfers inside meat, with diffusion coefficient values ranging from 2 to 27 x 10(-9) m(2) s(-1) and from 0.2 to 8.6 x 10(-9) m(2) s(-1), respectively. The tumbling mechanical effect related to the device used impacted the most on mass transfers (p-value < 0.01 for salt and acetic acid diffusion), followed by tumbling time (p-value < 0.01 for salt and acetic acid diffusion), and to a lesser extent, the use of vacuum (p-value < 0.01 for salt diffusion and p-value < 0.05 for acetic acid diffusion). Further studies should define the best salt and acid concentration profiles generated when tumbling, so as to obtain the best trade-off between good sanitary protection of meat and a sufficiently tender and organoleptically acceptable end-product after the final drying operation.
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- 2020
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