84 Cooking loss of ground beef

Ground beef handling and cooking practices in restaurants in eight States.

Eating in table-service restaurants has been implicated as a risk factor for Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection. To explore this association and learn about the prevalence of risky ground beef preparation practices in restaurants, the Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) assessed ground beef handling policies and practices in restaurants in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georg...

Effect of age and cut on cooking loss, juiciness and flavour of South African beef.

The juiciness and flavour characteristics of 15 aged primal beef cuts of electrically stimulated carcasses, from three different age groups, were assessed (n=61). Cooking losses were determined and proximate analyses (moisture, fat, nitrogen and ash) were performed. Tender cuts were cooked by a dry heat method, and less tender cuts were cooked by moist heat methods. A trained panel (n=10) evalu...

Loss of nutrients in cooking.

Summa y and Cmlusions The losses of nutrients in the cooking and plate waste of milk, eggs, fish and meat and the losses in the storage and preparation of vegctables have been studied. Records are presented also of waste in school and other canteens. Scrambling is the most wasteful method of cooking eggs. Thermostatically controlled panv would reduce the waste in cooking eggs. The filleting of ...

Dietary vitamin E supplementation shifted weight loss from drip to cooking loss in fresh beef longissimus during display.

Effects of dietary vitamin E supplementation on drip loss, cooking loss, and muscle fiber disruption in fresh beef loin steaks from Holstein and crossbred beef steers were studied. Nine Holstein steers and nine beef steers were fed a control diet and nine Holstein steers and eight beef steers were supplemented daily with 298 IU of vitamin E/kg of diet for 211, 232, or 252 d. Drip loss, cooking ...

Impact of ground beef packaging systems and temperature abuse on the safety of ground beef