Consumers consider tenderness to be the single most important component of meat quality. Recently, it has finally become clear that a lack of consistency in meat tenderness is one of the main problems facing the meat industry (Morgan et al., 1991b; Smith, 1992). A West coast supermarket chain (annual beef sales of $130 million) requests that its customers return any meat purchased, if they are ...

alternatives to meat are a growing market segment. The European LikeMeat project investigated consumers’ motivation for shifting their diets towards meat alternatives and developed a meat alternative product that resembles the fibrous structure, bite and juicy mouth-feel of meat. In a high moisture cooking extrusion process, plant proteins are converted to a base product that has a meat-like st...

In recent years, Japanese quail meat has gained much popularity among consumers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the meat quality characteristics and nutritional composition of Nandanam Quail-III (Coturnix coturnix japonica) meat as influenced by age at slaughter. Totally twelve birds were divided into two different age groups. The birds were slaughtered and breast muscle was obtained. Th...

Throughout history, the meat industry has utilized nonmeat ingredients to extend or aid in the shelf-life of products. The classic use of salt and/or nitrites to control and limit microbiological growth and to provide flavor stability during storage has provided needed “insurance” for meat product shelf-life. Currently, consumers’ concern for food safety continues to make methods of extending m...

Poultry meat quality has been widely studied, and has become a growing demand of the international market. Parameters that affect meat quality are complex, and occur throughout the production chain. The constant concern with meat quality by the exporting sectors is a response to consumers’ demands, and is achieved by increasing efficiency, and investments in personnel training on quality. Under...

The consumption of meat contributes significantly to undesirable effects on the environment. In order reduce impact animal husbandry, one approach is decrease by substituting plant-based alternatives. Because such alternatives currently rather low, aim this research was identify barriers that keep people from consuming and increase probability future consumption. This accomplished exploring fre...

A future production of pork including meat from entire males is a realistic scenario for the major pig producing countries. To ensure that no boar tainted meat reaches the consumers, the only reliable preventive method is to detect and sort out the boar tainted carcasses at the slaughterhouse. One of the prerequisite for sorting at the slaughterhouse is reliable sorting limits based on consumer...

Meat products often consist of meat from multiple animal species, and inaccurate food product adulteration and mislabeling can negatively affect consumers. Therefore, a cost-effective and reliable method for identification and quantification of animal species in meat products is required. In this study, we developed a duplex droplet digital PCR (dddPCR) detection and quantification system to si...