More in detail, the high water content
(aw N 0.99), the pH that corresponds to the optimal range for microbial
growth (5.5–6.5), the availability of energy-yielding nutrients (e.g., glucose,
ribose, amino acids, and nucleosides) aswell as vitamins andminerals,
account for meat being a foodstuff with a short shelf-life (Buncic
et al., 2014).