which might explain our
results. Furthermore, lipid oxidation (TBARS) was generally low and
this might explain why no link between tocopherol levels andmeasured
lipid oxidation was observed. TBARS was approximately an order of
magnitude below the previously proposed acceptability threshold
in beef (Campo et al., 2006). The use, however, of 50% O2 instead of
high O2 could result in a higher stability of the mince and is thus recommended
in the optimisation of the gas composition. As the products examined
have different physiology and myoglobin content, it needs to
be further determined whether an intermediate gas composition
would affect protein oxidation to the same extent.