• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.705-711
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• 1999

Post-mortem pork loins were used to investigate the effects of gamma irradiation on the surface and inside color, heme pigments, muscle protein solubility, purge loss, electrophoretical patterns of muscle proteins, and tenderness. The muscle was cut into pieces of 5 cm in length and divided into both groups, vacuum-packaged and air-packaged. The packaged samples were irradiated at designed doses, 0, 1, 3, 5 and 10 kGy, by a cobalt-60 irradiator, and stored at $4^{\circ}C$ for 7 days. There were no significant differences in the purge loss and electrophoretic patterns. Hunter's L and a values of the surface and inside of loins increased by gamma irradiation, showing a bright red color and the red color was maintained during the storage of both samples. However, the concentrations of heme pigments were not significantly changed. Muscle protein solubility slightly increased by increasing the applied dose. The decrease in shear force was observed in irradiated samples. As result, it was expected that meat quality, especially color and processing properties, could be improved by gamma irradiation at below 5 kGy.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.1754-1760
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• 2007

This study was conducted to determine the effects of dietary glycine betaine on pork quality in different muscle types. A total of 80 female pigs ($Landrace{\times}Yorkshire{\times}Duroc$) were randomly allotted into one of four experimental diet groups. Each group of pigs were fed a commercial diet (Control) with 0.2 g glycine betaine (T1), 0.4 g glycine betaine (T2) and 0.6 g% glycine betaine (T3)/kg for 40 days. pH of belly was significantly higher in the control than dietary glycine betaine groups at 13 days of storage, whereas pH of picnic shoulder and ham were significantly lower in control than glycine betaine groups. At 13 days of storage, redness (a*) of belly was significantly higher in control than dietary glycine betaine groups, whereas picnic shoulder and ham were significantly higher in glycine betaine groups than in the control. Water-holding capacities (WHC) of all muscle samples were significantly higher in the control than glycine betaine groups until 5 days of storage. Sarcomere length was significantly longer in the control than glycine betaine groups. The thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) value of belly was much higher than other muscle types at 13 days of storage. In fatty acid composition, dietary glycine betaine increased the ratio of saturated fatty acids (SFA) and decreased unsaturated fatty acids (USFA) in loins.

• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.235-245
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• 2001

This study was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of Second-Heat-Seal film(SHS) as an alternative material to PVDC/EVA shrink film(VSP) being currently used by domestic meat packer for vacuum-packaging of fresh meat. The samples from pork loin and beef striploin and round were stored at 2$^{circ}C$ for 5 weeks and measured for the changes of microbial counts, color, pH, volatile basic nitrogen(VBN), purge loss and sensory parameters. The pork loins packed with SHS showed higher spermine contents during the whole storage period at 2$^{circ}C$, and lower counts in total microbes and lactic acid bacteria after 28 days storage at 2$^{circ}C$ than those packed with SHS tended to be lower than those packed with VSP over the storage time. Nevertheless, no significant differences were observed between two packaging treatments in the other quality parameters evaluated. It is therefore concluded that SHS film might have a possibility to substitute for VSP film for vacuum-packaging of fresh meat at least from a materials point of view.

• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.200-207
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• 2001

Effects of dietary chitosan on physico-chemical properties of pork were investigated. A total 24 pigs (55$\pm$5kg) were fed a control diet (a commercial feed) or chitosan-supplemented diets (T1: 0.2% chitosan, T2: 0.4% chitosan, T3: 0.6% chitosan) for 6 weeks. The 6 weeks later the initiated of the experiments, pigs were slaughtered and loins were collected from each treatment groups. The samples were stored at 0$\pm$1$^{\circ}C$ for 15 days. Ultimate pH tended to higher in the control than those in the treatments, and that of T3 was significantly lower than those of the others (P<0.05). Shear force and the total moisture contents were not significantly different between control and treatments and they decreased with storage days (P<0.05). Hunter L* values of control, T1 and T2 were significantly lower than that of T3 at 1 and 10 days (P<0.05). Hunter a* values of control were significantly higher than that of others at 1 and 5 days (P<0.05). Hunter b* values of control were significantly higher than that of others at 5 days (P<0.05).

• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.132-141
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• 1998

This study were carried out for investigation of physicochemical and sensory characteristics of shelf-life of Korean vaccum packaged chilled pork hams for export. The samples were stored at 0$\pm$1$^{\circ}C$ (A and B companies) and 2$\pm$1$^{\circ}C$ (C and D companies). In the proximate analysis of composition of hams, moistures were 75.36~76.57%, crude proteins 19.26~21.08%, crude fat 1.40~3.69% and crude ash 1.03~1.13%. TBA values were 0.192~0.264 mgMA/kg and did not change much during all storage times regardless of storage temperature. VBN values were 12.14~14.01mg / 100g after 50 days in the storage at $0^{\circ}C$, but the samples stored at 2$^{\circ}C$ exceeded 20mg/100g at 50 days. The values of pH were 5.71~6.50, which are higher than those of loins during all storage times. Purge losses were 1.23~1.98% at the initial time and 2.83~10.59% after 50 days. So, the variation among samples appeared to be large. Cooking losses appeared to be 33.86~56.24%. In the result of sensory evaluation of cooked meat, the ham of B company obtained good scores in all items. But, after 20 days, all samples were not significantly different in total acceptability.

• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.397-402
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• 2005

This study was carried out to evaluate the physical characteristics of seasoned pork using low fat loin portion. The samples, pork loins were cut by the shape of cube $(5\times15\times5cm)$ and seasoned pork with Korean traditional sauces such as soy sauce base (T1), red pepper sauce base (T2), and soybean sauce base (T3) in the same proportion of meat seasonings, respectively. The seasoned samples were aging at $1\pm1^{\circ}C$ for 28 days. pH of seasoned pork with soybean sauce and red pepper sauce were higher compared to seasoned pork with soy sauce at 1 day of aging and pH of all treatments were not much changed during aging periods. Shear force was decreased in seasoned pore with soybean sauce and red pepper sauce, however seasoned pork with soy sauce was increased during aging periods. Water holding capacity (WHC) was decreased in seasoned pork with soy sauce and red pepper sauce, but seasoned pork with soybean sauce was maintained during aging periods. Cooking loss of seasoned pork with soy sauce was higher than other treatment. Myofibrillar fragmentation index (MFI) or all treatment was increased during in Periods (T3>T2>T1). Tenderness or seasoned pork could be improved by the soybean sauce and red pepper sauce. Both soybean and red pepper sauce were decreased shear lone and increased MFI and WHC of seasoned pork Tenderness of seasoned pork were improved by the soybean sauce and red pepper sauce.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.1593-1598
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• 2005

These studies were carried out to investigate the possibility for utilization of waste articles and the production of function characteristics Pork by feeding unshiu orange byproducts. The samples consisted of the pork not fed with unshiu orange byproduct (TP-0), the pork fed with 3$\%$ and 5$\%$ unshiu orange byproduct during growing and finishing period, respectively (TP-1), and the pork fed with 6$\%$ and 10$\%$ unshiu orange byproduct growing and finishing period, respectively (TP-2). The moisture, crude protein, crude fat and crude ash were not significantly different among samples. It was found that TP-1 had the highest calorie. The cholesterol content was lowest in TP-2 (p < 0.05). It was found that TP-2 had the lowest Na among minerals. Vitamin $B_{1}$ and $B_{2}$ were not significantly different among samples. The total amino acid contents of TP-0, TP-1 and TP-2 were 18.86$\%$, 20.03$\%$ and 20.44$\%$, respectively. Total free amino acid and saturated fatty acid vs. unsaturated fatty acid of Pork loins were not significantly different mong samples. The sensory scores were not influenced by feeding of unshiu orange byproduct.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.247-254
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• 2008

A total of 40 pigs were used to investigate the feeding effects of supplementary wild grape wine by-product on pork quality of American Berkshire breed in the swine farm of Hamyang area. Treatments were C that was basal diet, and T that was treated by dietary wild grape wine by-product(5%) were added in feed. About 70 kg pigs were bred a period of 88 days, and slaughtered. The pork quality characteristic were measured in pork loin. In chemical composition, moisture and crude fat were not significantly different between C and T, but T were lower(p<0.05) than C. There were no difference in crude protein and crude ash(p<0.05). pH and water holding capacity(WHC) were not significantly different between C and T, whereas the cholesterol and fat shear force of T were lower(p<0.05) than C. There were no different in the meat color, but the Hunter’s L* and W value of T were higher(p<0.05) than C. Oleic acid(C18:1), linoleic acid(C18:2, n-6), arachidonic acid(C20:4, n-6), Essential fatty acid(EFA), and EFA/unsaturated fatty acid were significantly(p<0.05) different between C and T, in the fatty acid compositions of loins. Also, the total amino acid composition of pork were not significantly different between C and T, but essential fatty acid of T was significantly higher(p<0.05) than that of C. This observation suggests that wild grape wine by-product supplements may have some beneficial effects on improving backfat color, shear force, cholesterol and essential fatty acid content of pork loin.

• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.171-180
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• 2008

This study was conducted to investigate the meat quality characteristics of pork loin in 3 crossbred groups (30 pigs/group). The crossbreeds were LY female${\times}$D male, Y female${\times}$B male and L female${\times}$B male (L: Landrace, Y: Yorkshire, B: Berkshire, D: Duroc). Pork loins were collected from animals ($110{\times}120kg$ body weight) slaughtered in a commercial slaughter house and stored at $-3^{\circ}C$. Samples were analyzed for general composition, physico-chemical properties, meat and fat color, texture characteristics, sensory evaluation and fatty acid composition at 24 hrs postmortem, and TBARS (Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances) values were determined at various storage times. The LYD pigs showed a higher back fat thickness than the YB and LB pigs. There were no significant differences in intramuscular fat, intermuscular fat, subcutaneous fat and springiness among the 3 crossbreeds. In addition, there were no significant differences in general composition, pH, drip loss, cooking loss and cooked sensory evaluation among the 3 crossbreeds (p>0.05). The shear force value of LB pork was significantly lower than other crossbreeds (p<0.05). Total heme pigment was significantly higher in YB pork compared to LYD and LB pork (p<0.05). The TBARS value of YB pork was significantly lower than that of LYD pork, except after the I day of storage (p>0.05). TBARS values increased significantly during storage for all three crossbreeds. The lightness (CIE L) of YB pork was significantly lower, while the redness (CIE a) was significantly higher in YB pork relative to the other crossbreeds. With regard to textural properties, the hardness and adhesiveness values were significantly lower in YB pork compared to LB pork. In fresh meat, the color of YB pork was significantly higher than the other breeds (p<0.05). The content of myristic acid (C14:0) was significantly lower, while the content of arachidonic acid (C20:4) was significantly higher in LB pork (p<0.05). These results show that the YB breed has the highest quality meat of the three crossbreeds.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.57-61
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• 2003

Variations in NMR relaxation time during freezing and thawing processes in pork loins were investigated. Continuous distribution analysis of data obtained from $T_2\;CPMG$ were carried out to observe the changes in water content in the muscles. Solid fat content slightly increased with decreasing temperature, then showed sharp increase at $-4^{\circ}C$, reaching 85% at $-25^{\circ}C$. Relaxation time decreased with decreasing temperature, suggesting that ice crystals gradually formed at freezing temperature. $T_2$ relaxation time during thawing was higher than that during freezing, suggesting that ice crystals melted by thawing and resulted in water loss from meat. Continuous distribution analysis of data obtained from Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill experiments shows one to four components on the spectra during freezing and thawing processes. The area of major components between 30 to 45 ms decreased with decreasing temperature, and were not detected below $-4^{\circ}C$, below which only $T_s$ signal was detected. The area of $T_s$ decreased with decreasing temperature. Between -4 to $10^{\circ}C$, the areas of $T_m$ and $T_l$ during thawing were larger than those during freezing. These results suggest that the exchange between bound water and free water takes place during freezing and thawing.