Meat Science

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Elsevier, 22 ott 2013 - 285 pagine

Meat Science, Fourth Edition focuses on the science of meat, from the initiation of life in the meat animal to the absorption of its nutrients by the human consumer.

This edition updates the topics on hormonal control of reproduction and growth, pre-slaughter stress, modes of stunning and bleeding, refrigeration, eating quality, and consumer health. A section has been added on the electrical stimulation of carcasses post-mortem, emphasizing the differing susceptibility of individual muscles to cold shock on the one hand and to undergo conditioning changes on the other. The developments, such as the mechanical recovery of meat, its modification by high pressure, its reformation after controlled comminution, and incorporation with it of proteins from abattoir waste or non-meat sources are also elaborated in this book.

This publication is beneficial to students and individuals researching on the food science of meat.

 

Sommario

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1
CHAPTER 2 FACTORS INFLUENCING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEAT ANIMALS
10
CHAPTER 3 THE STRUCTURE AND GROWTH OF MUSCLE
25
CHAPTER 4 CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CONSTITUTION OF MUSCLE
43
CHAPTER 5 THE CONVERSION OF MUSCLE TO MEAT
74
CHAPTER 6 THE SPOILAGE OF MEAT BY INFECTING ORGANISMS
92
CHAPTER 7 THE STORAGE AND PRESERVATION OF MEAT I TEMPERATURE CONTROL
112
CHAPTER 8 THE STORAGE AND PRESERVATION OF MEAT II MOISTURE CONTROL
138
CHAPTER 9 THE STORAGE AND PRESERVATION OF MEAT III DIRECT MICROBIAL INHIBITION
159
CHAPTER 10 THE EATING QUALITY OF MEAT
169
CHAPTER 11 MEAT AND HUMAN NUTRITION
208
CHAPTER 12 PREFABRICATED MEAT
217
BIBLIOGRAPHY
224
INDEX
247
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Ralston A. Lawrie was one of the world’s leading authorities on meat science. Formerly Emeritus Professor of Food Science in the University of Nottingham, he was also the founding editor of the journal Meat Science.

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