When heating cod, the proteins are denatured before the
major cook loss occurs and the fish will appear to be
cooked without a major cook loss. However, the water
holding capacity is significantly reduced already around
35 C, i.e. as soon as the temperatures are high enough to
denature collagen and myosin. Kinetic values for cook loss
and WHC should be established in order to combine values
for microbial inactivation with quality related parameters.
Since the reduction in WHC and the increase in cook loss
during heating of cod can only partly