FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (8): 274-278.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201208061

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Effect of Rapid Chilling on Longissimus dorsi Meat Quality of Rabbit

FAN Jin-shan,HUANG Ming*,TANG Chun-hui,ZHOU Guang-hong   

  1. (Key Laboratory of Meat Processing and Quality Control, Ministry of Education,Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China)
  • Online:2012-04-25 Published:2012-03-31

Abstract: In order to explore the effect of rapid chilling on the edible quality of rabbit meat, Longissimus dorsi meat samples from twenty-four rabbits were subjected to two different treatments, namely rapid chilling and conventional chilling, and quality indices of chilled rabbit meat were then measured. The results showed that rapid chilling ((-12 ± 1 )℃, 30 min), accelerated the declining rate of carcass temperature, attenuated the drop of pH, improved the color of rabbit meat, enhanced water-holding capacity and retarded lipid oxidation within seven days of aging period when compared with the conventional chilling treatment ((0 ± 4) ℃, 24 h). However, the rapid chilling treatment did not exhibit significant effect on shearing stress of rabbit meat.

Key words: rabbit, edible quality, rapid chilling, Longissimus dorsi

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