Flavour development in pork: influence of flavour precursor concentrations in longissimus dorsi from pigs with different raw meat qualities

Lene Meinert, Kaja Tikk, Meelis Tikk, Per B. Brockhoff, Wender Laurentius Petrus Bredie, Charlotte Bjergegaard, Margit D. Aaslyng

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    Abstract

    Flavour development and overall eating quality of pan-fried pork chops of longissimus dorsi from eight different raw meat qualities aged for 4 and 15 days were assessed by a trained sensory panel. The raw meat qualities were obtained through combinations of strategic feeding/fasting (control vs. low glycogen concentration), slaughter live-weight (84 kg vs. 110 kg), and gender (female vs. castrate). The flavour development was investigated for possible correlation with the concentrations of selected individual flavour precursors present in the raw meat: monosaccharides, IMP and degradation products, fatty acids, lactate and thiamine. Differences in precursor concentrations between the raw meat qualities were observed with feeding/fasting and ageing as the main factors with the largest influence of all experimental factors. However, the concentrations of the precursors could not explain the differences in sensory perception of the pan-fried pork chops. Overall, the differences were small.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalMeat Science
    Volume81
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)255-262
    Number of pages8
    ISSN0309-1740
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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