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Effect of sous-vide cooking conditions on the physicochemical, microbiological and microstructural properties of duck breast meat

  • Dong-Min Shin (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University) ;
  • Jong Hyeok Yune (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University) ;
  • Dong-Hyun Kim (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University) ;
  • Sung Gu Han (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University)
  • Received : 2023.02.07
  • Accepted : 2023.05.23
  • Published : 2023.10.01
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Abstract

Objective: Sous-vide cooking offers several advantages for poultry meat, including enhanced tenderness, reduced cooking loss, and improved product yield. However, in duck meat, there are challenges associated with using the sous-vide method. The prolonged cooking time at low temperatures can lead to unstable microbial and oxidative stabilities. Thus, we aimed to assess how varying sous-vide cooking temperatures and durations affect the physicochemical and microbial characteristics of duck breast meat, with the goal of identifying an optimal cooking condition. Methods: Duck breast meat (Anas platyrhynchos) aged 42 days and with an average weight of 1,400±50 g, underwent cooking under various conditions (ranging from 50℃ to 80℃) for either 60 or 180 min. Then, physicochemical, microbial, and microstructural properties of the cooked duck breast meat were assessed. Results: Different cooking conditions affected the quality attributes of the meat. The cooking loss, lightness, yellowness, Hue angle, whiteness, and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) values of the duck breast meat increased with the increase in cooking temperature and time. In contrast, the redness and chroma values decreased with the increase in cooking temperature and time. Cooking of samples higher than 60℃ increased the volatile basic nitrogen contents and TBARS. Microbial analysis revealed the presence of Escherichia coli and Coliform only in the samples cooked at 50℃ and raw meat. Cooking at lower temperature and shorter time increased the tenderness of the meat. Microstructure analysis showed that the contraction of myofibrils and meat density increased upon increasing the cooking temperature and time. Conclusion: Our data indicate that the optimal sous-vide method for duck breast meat was cooking at 60℃ for 60 min. This temperature and time conditions showed good texture properties and microbial stability, and low level of TBARS of the duck breast meat.

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Acknowledgement

This paper was written as part of Konkuk University's research support program for its faculty on sabbatical leave in 2022.

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