While acidification of meat could improve texture, it might adversely impact flavor. Factors such as pre- slaughter stress and physical damage, post-slaughter car- cass temperature, pH value, extent of thermal processing, grinding, deboning, and the use of additives such as salt, nitrite and antioxidants can all affect the rate and extent of lipid oxidation in muscle foods [88]. Tichivangana and Morrissey [141] found that pH had a significant effect on lipid oxidation in cooked minced muscle systems. Lipid oxidation at pH 7.0 was much slower than pH 3 or 5 in all
muscle systems including fish, turkey, chicken, pork, beef and lamb.