The role of nutrients in meat flavour formation.

The Role of Dietary Fat to Produce Chicken Meat as a Functional Food: A Review

Production of chicken meat is an important branch of food industry. Generally, poultry meat farmers aim to produce birds with superior body weight and feed conversion ratio. However, in line with current developments, there are other parameters that must to be taken into account such as lower body fat deposition and improvement in the nutrient composition of products corresponding to consumer r...

Flavour Chemistry of Chicken Meat: A Review

Flavour comprises mainly of taste and aroma and is involved in consumers' meat-buying behavior and preferences. Chicken meat flavour is supposed to be affected by a number of ante- and post-mortem factors, including breed, diet, post-mortem ageing, method of cooking, etc. Additionally, chicken meat is more susceptible to quality deterioration mainly due to lipid oxidation with resulting off-fla...

The Role of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Safety and Flavour Development of Meat and Meat Products

Effects of grass feeding systems on ruminant meat colour and flavour. A review

Grass feeding has been reported to affect several meat quality characteristics, in particular colour and flavour. In this paper we have reviewed some differences in meat colour and flavour between ruminants fed concentrates and animals allowed to graze pasture. The possible factors influencing the differences have been also examined. We have examined a total of 35 experiments which report the e...

Factors Affecting Cooked Chicken Meat Flavour: A Review

Flavour, one of the most important factors affecting consumers’ meat-buying behaviour and preferences, comprises mainly of taste and aroma. The cooked meat flavour, that is important from the producer and consumer point of view, is affected by several preand post-slaughter factors, including breed, diet, postmortem ageing, and method of cooking. Moreover, chicken meat is prone to the developmen...