moisture loss. Hydrocolloids play an important role in improving the properties of food
products such as moisture retention (Sanderson 1996; Guarda and others 2004). Kose and
others (2006) showed that storage qualities of refrigerated fish mince and its products
depended on quality of raw material, process and food additive added. The objective of this
work was to investigate the effect of hydrocolloid addition on the keeping quality of
uncooked and cooked burgers prepared by Thai Mong fish during chilled storage.