The detection of chicken meat in meat products by means of the anserine/carnosine ratio

1976; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 161; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/bf01145413

ISSN

0044-3026

Autores

B. J. Tinbergen, P. Slump,

Tópico(s)

Meat and Animal Product Quality

Resumo

A distinctive difference was found between the ratio of the anserine and carnosine contents (a/c ratio) in beef or pork and of that in chicken/meat. The a/c ratio for beef varies between 0.06–0.2 and for pork between 0.02–0.1 but for chicken meat can reach values as high as 2.2–5.5. The high a/c ratio for chicken meat proved to be sufficient to detect this ingredient at a 5% level in both cooked pork products and 1:1 beef-pork mixtures, this being independent of the heat treatment. The a/c ratio should be considered to be a suitable parameter for the presence of chicken meat in meat products.

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