The effect of storage temperature on drip loss from fresh beef

✍ Scribed by Hertog-Meischke, Marjan J A den; Smulders, Frans J M; van Logtestijn, Jan G

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 98 KB
• Volume: 78
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-5142
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199812)78:4<522::aid-jsfa150>3.0.co;2-f

✦ Synopsis

The e †ect of post rigor storage temperature on drip loss of two bovine muscles (M longissimus thoracis and M semimembranosus) was examined using 12 Dutch Friesian Holstein bulls. Drip loss of both longissimus and semimembranosus muscles was inÑuenced by post rigor storage temperature. Higher storage temperatures resulted in increased drip losses, probably caused by a decrease in viscosity of the drip. The increase was most marked for the M longissimus thoracis. The relationship between drip loss and storage temperature was not linear ; drip loss was found to be less a †ected by storage temperature as the latter was increased. The observed relationship could not be explained by a decrease in viscosity of the drip at higher temperatures alone. It was thought that faster ageing of the meat at elevated temperatures might increase the myoÐbrillar water-holding capacity, resulting in a decreased drip loss. However, this hypothesis requires further research.