TBARS values (Fig. 1) followed an increasing trendthroughout the storage period irrespective of packaging materialsand methods, as well as presence or absence of naturalantioxidants (AV gel) in the formulation. TBARS value wassignificantly (p<0.05) higher in treated products (T-2 and T-4)in both the package groups than their respective control products(T-1 and T-3) on day 0. It might be due to additional fatpick up by enrobing material during frying in enrobed products.TBARS values were comparable in all the treatments(T-1 and T-4) on 7th day thereafter, it was lower in thedeveloped product than their respective control on furtherstorage. Additionally, TBARS value was recorded lower forMAP products than aerobic packaged products, irrespective oftype of formulation. TBARS values were significantly(p<0.05) lower in aloe vera treated products than other products,irrespective of storage days and packaging methods. Itmight be due to the antioxidant effect of aloe vera gel (Sarithaet al. 2010). TBARS values measured highest for aerobicpackaged control (T-1), more than the threshold limit of 1.0(1.123±0.03) on 35th day of the storage. There was adetectable off odour with TBARS values more than 1.0(Melton 1983) which was also confirmed by the sensorypanellists (Table 6).Free fatty acids, the products of enzymatic or microbiologicaldegradation of lipids, are the indicator of fat stabilityduring storage. The increasing trend of FFAvalues was foundin accordance to the TBARS values. These were lower inMAP packaged products than aerobic packaged productsthroughout the storage period. It could be due to the absenceof oxygen in MAP package required for lipid oxidation. Theresults are in agreement with Panda et al. (1993) in deep fatfried quail, Kanatt et al. (1998) in chicken meat during lowtemperature storage.
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