The present study was conducted to improve some of the quality features in beef meat by applying NaCl salt to it with 0, 1.5 and 3% concentration, and Sodium tripoly phosphate ( STPP) with 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2% concentration.these treatments were stored individually for 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120 and 140 days under )2±18(-ºC After making several chemical, and sensing tests, The following results were obtained:
1- The process of salting meat with NaCl led to increase Free Fatty Acids( FFA) (P<0.05); whereas the use of( STPP) led to delay the degredation and oxidation of meat FFA (P<0.05) the process of freeze-storing increased values of those indicators.
2-The concentration of myoglobin increased (P<0.05) with increasing the concentrations of NaCl and STPP salts. Some decreasing occurred in the concentration of myoglobin during the period of freezing meat.
3- The resutls of electrophoresis myofibril proteins indicated some kinds of degredation in myofibril proteins in low concentrations of salt. The degredation increased with increasing salt concentrations.
4-The results of Sensory evaluation indicated significant improvement (P<0.05) in tenderness, flavor and juiciness of salting and salting meat.The storing process resulted in increasing the tenderness, and flavor and decreasing of meat juiciness. |