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Effects of Submersion Aging in Chilled Water on Tenderness and Microbial Growth of Vacuum-Packed Hanwoo Meat

냉수침지 숙성법이 진공포장 한우육의 연도 및 미생물 증식에 미치는 효과

  • Published : 2002.09.01
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Abstract

To investigate the effects of submersion aging in chilled water on tenderness and microbial growth of vacuum-packed beef, the semimembranosus muscles of Hanwoo (Korean cattle) was sampled at a commercial meat plant at 24 hrs postmortem. The samples were cut to 2.5 cm thick steaks and randomly assigned to following two treatments. The samples were stored in conventional refrigerator at 4$^{\circ}C$ after vacuum packaging for control whereas the other vacuum-packed samples were submersed in chilled water at 1$^{\circ}C$ for treatment, and both samples were stored for 14 days to measure total plate counts (TPC), sarcomere length, free calcium concentration, shear farce value and myofibrillar fragmentation index (MFI). The sarcomere length of treatment was significantly (p<0.05) longer than that of control at 3 days aging. Result suggested that submersion in chilled water of vacuum-packed beef might be effective to improve tenderness of meat compared to storage in conventional refrigerator. There were no significant differences in the shear force and MFI between control and treatment during storage. However, the free calcium concentration of samples from treatment was significantly (p<0.05) higher than that of control at 7 days of ageing. This result indicated that the lower shear force value and the longer sarcomere length of samples from treatment might be due to increasing the free calcium ion concentration in sarcoplasm during storage. On the other hands, samples from control showed significantly (p<0.05) higher number of microbial (TPC) compared to treatment during storage. from results obtained, submersion in chilled water of vacuum-packed beef could be recommended as a desirable aging method to improve tenderness of Hanwoo compared to aging in conventional refrigerator.

본 연구는 진공포장 한우육의 냉수침지 숙성방법이 한우육의 연도 및 미생물증식에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 수행하였다. 저장기간이 경과함에 따라 근절길이는 냉수침지 처리구가 저장 3일째 유의적(p<0.05)으로 긴 것으로 나타났으며, 저 장 3일째를 제외 한 저 장기간 동안 유의적 인 차이는 없었으나 대조구에 비해 긴 경향을 보였다. 또한 유리칼슘 농도에 있어서도 저장 7일 째 냉수침지 처리구가 유의적(p<0.05)으로 높게 나타났으며, 역시 저장 7일째를 제외한 저장기간 동안 유의적인 차이는 없었으나 대조구에 비해 높은 경향을 보였다. 한편 전단가와 근원섬유 소편화 지수에 있어서는 저장기간이 경과함에 따라 두 처리구간에 있어서 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았지만, 냉수침지 처리구가 상대적으로 낮은 전단가와 높은 소편화지수의 경향을 보였다. 이 같은 결과는 냉수침지 숙성이 일반공기순환냉장고의 숙성보다 근절의 길이를 길게 하고, 근형질내 칼슘의 농도를 높이며, 소편화 지수를 높게 한 결과 연도를 향상시킬 수 있다는 가능성을 제시한 것으로 사료된다. 덧붙여, 총세균수는 일반공 기순환냉장실에 저장한 것에 비해 냉수침지 처리구가 유의적(p<0.05)으로 낮은 것으로 나타나, 온도의 변이를 줄이는 것에 기인하여 미생물의 성장억제에도 효과적일 것으로 사료된다.

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