REDUCTION OF MORTADELLA COOKING TIME AND EVALUATION OF THE FINAL PRODUCT QUALITY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/cab.v16i4.30548Keywords:
Food TechnologyAbstract
In food industry, the cooking is one of the most important processes for the conservation and qualityassurance of the final product, especially mortadella. However, this process requires high investmentin modern equipment besides having energy and steam expenses.. In this context, the objective of thisstudy was to propose a cooking method of mortadella produced with pork and chicken, by reducingtime and increasing temperature inside the baking oven. Evaluations of behavior of water activity,pH and texture of the mortadella were carried out throughout shelf life. From the results, we foundthat both pork and chicken mortadella that were cooked by the current process and those that passedthrough the cooking process with reduced time showed no significant differences at the level of 95%confidence for the analyzed characteristics. Therefore, all treatments had similar values and can beconsidered within the established standards of product quality for both water activity and for pH andtexture.
Keywords: chicken meat; pork meat; texture; water activity.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
