EFFECT OF TUMBLING TIME AND INJECTION RATE ON THE PROCESSING CHARACTERISTICS, TENDERNESS AND COLOR OF PORK BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE
The effect of tumbling time (0-9 hours) on quality characteristics of cooked pork meat
processed with 30% and 40% injection level was investigated. The properties of injected
and tumbled meat were determined by measuring processing characteristics (tumbling
yield, cooked yield, expressed moisture), color and textural characteristics (shear force,
texture profile analysis). The increase of the tumbling time up to 9 hours favorably affected
hydration properties and increased the cooked yield. It also decreased the shear force and
hardness of the samples. None of the techniques utilized did affect the chromatic
components (p>0.05) of the samples, however there were differences between samples
regarding the injection rate.