Abstract: In order to form a fine emulsified meat batters, the fat must be cut into particles with appropriate size. Therefore, shear conditions were particularly important to emulsion of meat batters. Too long shearing time can cause the product out of oil and too short shearing time cannot meet the emulsion requirements. In the present study, fresh pork and back fat were used as raw materials and the raw meat was chopped within 1, 3, 5 min and 7 min under the shearing rate of 3000 r/min, respectively. Laser particle size analyzer was used to analyze fat particles size and distribution characterization under different chopping time. The results showed that under the condition of chopping time for 5 min and 7 min, fat particles in meat batters have a smaller size as well as concentrated distribution, and did not revealed significant difference.

Key words: meat batter, shear, fat particles, diameter, size distribution