Yak Meat as a Lucrative Raw Material for Meat Products

Meat and Meat Products

The Use of Herbal Extracts and Essential Oils as a Potential Antimicrobial in Meat and Meat Products; A Review

Meat and meat products are highly prone to microbial deterioration since they are rich in essential nutrients and perishable in nature and if they are not properly preserved, public health problems may occur. Recently, in order to increase the microbial quality of meat and meat products, novel ingredient systems that are associated with natural and organic foods, are applied. Many studies have ...

Plant extracts as natural antioxidants in meat and meat products.

Antioxidants are used to minimize the oxidative changes in meat and meat products. Oxidative changes may have negative effects on the quality of meat and meat products, causing changes in their sensory and nutritional properties. Although synthetic antioxidants have already been used but in recent years, the demand for natural antioxidants has been increased mainly because of adverse effects of...

Occurrence of Listeria Sp. in Raw Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products

The aim of the study was to determine the occurrence of Listeria sp. in poultry meat and poultry meat products and estimate the prevalence of L. monocytogenes strains producing listeriolysin O. No listeria strain was detected in any of 50 examined heat-treated products. These bacteria were present in 43 out of 70 samples of raw poultry meat and 6 of Listeria strains were defined as L. monocytog...

Meat Products as Functional Foods: A Review

Numerous studies have sought to demonstrate the possibility of changing the image of meat and meat products from the traditionally accepted image to one of healthy living thanks to the addition (vegetables, extracts, fibers, and so forth), elimination (fats), and reduction (additives) of different ingredients. This article presents a revision of studies published in recent years on the topic an...