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Effects of Vacuum Tumbling on Quality Characteristics of Hyla Rabbit Meat

WANG Zhaoming1, HE Zhifei1,2, LI Hongjun1,2,*, YU Li1, HUANG Han1, WANG Shan1, XU Mingyue1   

  1. 1. College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China;
    2. Chongqing Special Food Engineering and Technology Research Center, Chongqing 400716, China
  • Online:2015-09-15 Published:2015-09-11

Abstract:

The effects of tumbling on quality characteristics of Hyla rabbit meat were studied by analyzing the changes in
eating quality, texture properties, sarcoplasmic proteins solubility, myofibrillar protein solubility, total protein solubility and
total free amino acid content of Hyla rabbit meat. The results showed that tumbling significantly improved the eating
quality and color, raised the pH, reduced the cooking loss and crushing loss, enhanced the water-holding capacity, and
improve the tenderness and texture properties of rabbit meat. Tumbling led to the breakdown of myofibrillar protein,
the dissolution of sarcoplasmic proteins and a decrease in free amino acid content, thus causing changes in quality
characteristics of rabbit meat.

Key words: vacuum tumbling, rabbit meat, eating quality, texture properties, protein solubility

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