Hot-boned meat offers numerous advantages in the production
of comminuted meat products, attributed to higher
muscle pH, higher protein solubility (Bentley, Reagan, &
Miller, 1988) and increased emulsifying capacity (Claus &
Sorheim, 2006). Due to higher pH and ATP level, dissociation
of actomyosin and better solubility of myofibrillar
proteins, functional properties of hot-boned meat are superior
to those of cold-boned meat (Pisula & Tyburcy, 1996).