The texture of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) muscle as measured instrumentally using TPA and Warner-Brazler shear test
✍ Scribed by Veland, Jon Olav; Torrissen, Ole J
- Book ID
- 101225897
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5142
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✦ Synopsis
Muscle texture measurements were performed on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using two different instrumental methods; The Texture Pro®le Analysis, which is a uniaxial compression test, and the Warner±Brazler shear test. The performances of the two tests were evaluated as to their ability to differentiate between recently killed salmon and salmon stored on ice for up to 24 days. Both tests performed well, but the shear test was slightly more sensitive than the compression test. Further, salmon were either starved or fed for two weeks prior to slaughter. The muscle from fed salmon lost its strength slightly faster than that from starved salmon, but this difference was only detectable during the ®rst two days of chilled storage.
The effects of temperature, ®sh size and degree and mode of deformation on the instrumental test results were studied and were found to be signi®cant. Also, the sample geometry, ie the thickness of the ®llet was found to have a very signi®cant effect on the TPA-test results.