• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.369-376
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• 2016

This study aimed to investigate the effects of dry aging on the quality of pork loin. Longissimus lumborum muscles were dissected from the right half of five pork carcasses and were used as the control samples. The left halves of the carcasses were aged at 2±1℃ and a relative humidity of 80% for 40 d. The total aerobic bacteria count was similar between the control and dry-aged pork loin (p>0.05). Lactic-acid bacteria was absent in both the control and dry-aged pork loins. Dry-aged pork loin contained low moisture and high protein and ash compared to the controls (p<0.05). The pH was higher and cooking loss was lower in dry-aged pork loin compared to that in the control (p<0.05). Flavor related compounds, such as total free amino acid, hypoxanthine, and inosine of pork loin were higher in dry-aged pork loin; whereas, inosine 5'-monophosphate and guanosine 5'-monophosphate were low in dry-aged pork loin than control (p<0.05). There was no difference in carnosine and anserine content between dry-aged pork loin and the control (p>0.05). Dry-aged pork loin had lower hardness and shear force and received higher core in sensory evaluation than the control (p<0.05). According to the results, dry aging improved textural and sensorial quality of pork loin.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.1055-1065
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• 2020

This study investigated the effects of brine injection and high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) on the quality characteristics of pork loin. Brine with ionic strength conditions (0.7% vs 1.5% NaCl, w/v) were injected into pork loins, and the meat was pressurized up to 500 MPa for 3 min. As a quality indicator, moisture content, color, cooking loss and texture profile analysis (TPA) of pork loins were estimated. Based on the results, brine with low ionic strength (0.7% NaCl) resulted in low injection efficiency and high cooking loss, although, it improved tenderness of pork loin at moderate pressure level (~200 MPa). While high ionic strength condition (1.5% NaCl injection) lowered the hardness of pork loins at relatively high HHP level (400-500 MPa), it also caused high cooking loss. To commercialize the brine injected pork loins, it was necessary to regulate brine compositions, which was not evaluated in this study. Nevertheless, the present study demonstrated that brine injection followed by moderate pressure (200 MPa) could improve the tenderness of pork loins without causing other major quality losses.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.113-123
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• 2023

This study investigated the predictability of cooking loss of pork loin through relatively easy and quick measurable quality properties. The pH, color, moisture, protein content, and cooking loss of 100 pork loins were measured. The explanatory variables included in all linear regression models with an adjust-r² value of ≥0.5 were pH and the protein content. In the linear regression model predicting cooking loss, the highest adjust-r² value was 0.7, with pH, CIE L^*, CIE b^*, moisture, and protein content as the explanatory variables. In 30 pork loins, electrical conductivity was additionally measured, and as a result of linear regression analysis for predicting cooking loss, the highest adjust-r² value was 0.646 with electrical conductivity measured at 40 Hz, with pH and color as the explanatory variables. Ordinal logistic regression analysis was performed to predict the three grades (low, middle, and high) of loin cooking loss using pH, color, and 40 Hz electrical conductivity as the explanatory variables, and the percent concordance was 93.8%. In conclusion, the addition of electrical conductivity as an explanatory variable did not increase the prediction accuracy of the linear regression model for predicting cooking loss; however, it was demonstrated that it is possible to predict and classify the cooking loss grade of pork loin through quality properties that can be measured quickly and easily.

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.91-99
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• 2012

본 실험은 호박분말 급여가 돈육의 품질 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 평균 개시체중 64.5 kg인 총 20두의 3원 교잡종(Landrace${\times}$Yorkshire${\times}$Duroc)을 대상으로 호박분말 급여량을 0, 2, 5 및 7%로 처리구별 5두씩 공시하여 출하전 30일간 급여하였다. 호박분말 급여구에서 높은 수분 함량 및 조지방 함량을 나타내었다. 명도(lightness) 값은 처리구들 간 유의적인 차이가 나타나지 않았으나(p>0.05), 적색도(redness)는 2% 및 7% 호박분말 급여구가 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 높은 값을 나타내었다. 육즙 및 가열감량은 모든 처리구에서 유의적인 차이가 없었으나, 5% 호박분말 급여구에서 높은 pH 및 모든 호박분말 급여구에서 낮은 전단가 값을 나타내었다. 호박분말 급여구에서 대조구에 비해 낮은 콜레스테롤 함량을 보이며, 호박분말 급여수준이 증가할수록 콜레스테롤 함량이 감소하였다. 또한 호박분말 급여구에서 높은 myristic acid(C14:0) 함량을 보인 반면, 2% 및 5% 호박분말 급여구에서 높은 palmitoleic acid(C16:1) 함량 나타내었다. 따라서 호박분말 급여는 돈육의 사후 pH와 수분함량을 높이고, 전단가 및 콜레스테롤 함량을 감소시키는 등 돈육 품질을 개선시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.216-221
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• 2007

산지별 돼지고기의 삼겹살과 목심에 대한 품질특성을 측정한 결과, 일반성분은 제주산 삼겹살과 목심이 타 지역의 돼지고기에 비해 상대적으로 높은 지방 함량을 보였다. 제주산 삼겹살과 목심의 포화지방산 함량은 46.6과 41.6%를, 불포화지방산 함량은 50.3과 58.4%를 각각 보였다. 콜레스테롤 함량은 충북산 돼지고기가 타 지방의 돼지고기에 비해 상대적으로 높은 함량을 보였으며, 이에 비해 제주산 삼겹살과 목심의 콜레스테롤 함량은 565.6과 507.6 ${\mu}g/g$이었다. 돼지고기의 웅취 원인물질인 skatole 함량은 제주산 삼겹살과 목심이 0.013과 0.065 ${\mu}g/g$으로 타 지역 돼지고기에 비해 상당히 낮은 함량을 보였으며, 이 결과는 제주산 돼지고기가 타 지방의 돼지고기에 비해 상대적으로 이취가 적다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 조직감의 특성 중 소비자들에게 가장 큰 식감의 차이를 느끼게 하는 씹힘성은 제주산 삼겹살이 376.5 g으로 가장 높은 값을 보였으며, 이 값은 다른 시료들과 유의적인 차이를 보였다(p<0.05). 이 결과는 다른 시료들의 돼지고기에 비해 제주산 삼겹살이 조직감에서 우수한 식미감을 가지고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 마쇄한 돼지고기의 대한 색도를 측정한 결과, 명도를 나타내는 $L^*$ 값은 전반적으로 삼겹살이 목심에 비해 높은 값을 보였으며, 적색도를 나타내는 $a^*$ 값은 $L^*$ 값과는 달리 목심이 삼겹살에 비해 높은 값을 보였고, 황색도의 지표인 $b^*$ 값은 각 시료 간에 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다(p<0.05). 각 산지별 돼지고기의 맛, 풍미, 조직감 및 기호도에 대한 관능평가를 실시한 결과, 제주산 삼겹살이 풍미와 전반적인 기호도에서 가장 높은 평가 결과를 보였으나, 시료들 간에 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다(p<0.05).

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1529-1534
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• 2008

The aim of this study was directed at exploring the possible use of muscle fiber characteristics as new selection traits for improving both porcine lean meat production and quality. A total of 174 (114 Yorkshire, 30 Landrace, and 30 Meishan) pigs were used for this study, and lean meat production ability was estimated by backfat thickness and loin eye area. The Longissimus dorsi muscle was taken in order to measure meat quality and muscle fiber characteristics. Due to the high correlations between total muscle fiber number and most of the performance traits, all pigs were classified into three groups (low, intermediate, or high) by total muscle fiber number using cluster analysis. The high group had the highest loin eye area (p<0.001). The meat quality traits were within normal ranges as reddish pink, firm, and nonexudative (RFN) pork, but the groups classified as intermediate and high had relatively large drip loss percentages (p<0.05), produced more than twice the amount of pale, soft, and exudative (PSE) pork as compared to the low group. The group with a high total muscle fiber number was further classified, based on type 2b fiber percentage, into low or high groups by cluster analysis. The results showed that the low type 2b fiber group had good loin eye area (p<0.05), small drip loss (p<0.05), and did not produce PSE pork. For these reasons, a high total muscle fiber number, with a low percentage of type 2b fibers, may be suitable in selecting for improvements in both lean meat production and meat quality.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2014

This study was performed to determine the meat quality characteristics of pork loin and belly from 3 different three-way crossbred pigs: Yorkshire ${\times}$ Landrace ${\times}$ Duroc (YLD), Yorkshire ${\times}$ Chester White ${\times}$ Yorkshire (YCY), and Yorkshire ${\times}$ Berkshire ${\times}$ Duroc (YBD). Each of the twenty crossed pigs were randomly selected with their live weights at the range of 110-120 kg. After being slaughtered and cooled at $0^{\circ}C$ for 24 h in a chilling room, the parts of loin and belly on the left side of the cooled carcasses were cut and prepared for analysis. The intramuscular fat contents of the loins from YLD were higher than those of the other crossbreds (p<0.05), and the YCY bellies had the highest moisture contents (p<0.05). Water holding capacity (WHC) of the loins from YCY were higher than the other crossbreds (p<0.05). Shear force values of the YBD loins were higher than the others (p<0.05). The TBARS values of YCY loins were significantly lower than the others at 0 d, but the difference disappeared after 14 d of storage. Sensory scores of YLD were ranked higher than the YCY or YBD in both the loins and bellies (p<0.05). The relatively high sensory values of YLD crossbred pork could be explained by the better WHC, the low shear forces, and the higher fat contents. The results indicated that the meat qualities could be altered by three-way crossbreeding.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.102-108
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• 2006

Microbial transglutaminase (MTGase) was investigated to determine whether it was an effective binding agent for the processing of low-quality pork loins. MTGase especially promoted the coagulation of myosin heavy chain (MHC). However, the effect of MTGase on MHC from low-quality meat was less than that from the normal meat when the reaction time was not enough. The breaking strength of the heat-induced gel made of myosin B from low-quality meat with MTGase was lower than that of normal meat. Sausage made with low-quality meat with MTGase did not exhibit improved hardness, as compared to that made with normal meat. Results of this study indicated that use of low-quality meat in the manufacture of sausage was feasible to get textural property equal to that of normal meat sausage, when a half or more of the raw material was normal meat and MTGase was used in the sausage.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2014

This study explored the effects of water or brine (2% NaCl, w/v) immersion thawing combined with ultrasound treatment (40 kHz, 150 W) on the quality characteristics of pork. Ultrasound treatment of pork was conducted in two cold media (at $4^{\circ}C$), water and 2% (w/v) brine, respectively. Because the ultrasound treatment caused temperature increase in the media from $4^{\circ}C$ to $16^{\circ}C$, the qualities of pork thawed by ultrasound were compared with those thawed by immersion either in water or brine where the temperature was being maintained at either $4^{\circ}C$ (low temperature control) or $17^{\circ}C$ (high temperature control). The ultrasound treatment resulted in rapid thawing of pork where the thawing rate was similar to those thawed in the $17^{\circ}C$ media. For quality characteristics, ultrasound-treated pork in brine had an advantage of less cooking losses when comparing to the control. In particular, ultrasound treatment in brine exhibited the lowest shear force (or highest tenderness) among the freezing/thawing treatments. Although the ultrasound processing in brine caused discoloration of the pork, this thawing technique had potential to be applied as a commercial thawing technology for frozen foods.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.667-671
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• 2005

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of the muscle mass and fiber number on post-mortem metabolic rates and pork quality. Carcass traits, muscle fiber characteristics, and type of fiber composition were evaluated using a sample of 200 cross-bred pigs. The muscle mass was divided into two groups according to carcass weight and loin-eye area measurements (heavy or light). In addition, the muscle histological characteristics were divided into two groups according to the muscle fiber density and total number of muscle fibers (high or low). All the carcass traits were significantly different in the muscle mass groups. Increasing weight significantly affected the cross-sectional area (CSA) of all fibers. The low group, which had a low muscle fiber number indicating a larger CSA of fibers, and especially the heavy-low group had the highest CSA levels of fibers. The fiber number percentage and the area percentage were significantly different in the groups categorized by fiber number. The heavy-high group indicated a normal rate of pH decline and the R-value. In addition, pigs with a heavy muscle mass and high muscle fiber number indicated normal drip loss, lightness, and protein denaturation. The present results suggest that increasing the total muscle fiber number has a beneficial effect on increasing the muscle mass without deteriorating the meat quality.