Sensory quality of fresh lamb meat

This work evaluated the texture, aroma and flavour quality of two Spanish commercial lamb categories: milk-fed lambs slaughtered at 10-12 kg live weight, and "ternasco" lambs slaughtered at 20-24 kg live weight from two Spanish breeds, Lacha and Rasa Aragonesa. Texture was only affected by...

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Autores: Beriain, María José, Gorraiz, G., Purroy, A., Horcada Ibáñez, Alberto Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/96493
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/96493
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lamb
Meat
Sensory analysis
Live weight
Breed.
Agneau
Viande
Analyse sensorielle
Poids vif
Race.
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Sumario:This work evaluated the texture, aroma and flavour quality of two Spanish commercial lamb categories: milk-fed lambs slaughtered at 10-12 kg live weight, and "ternasco" lambs slaughtered at 20-24 kg live weight from two Spanish breeds, Lacha and Rasa Aragonesa. Texture was only affected by the breed effect in the mealiness parameter, with lamb from the Rasa Aragonesa breed perceived mealier than lamb from the Lacha breed. Texture quality was very influenced by the increase in live weight from 12 to 24 kg. The "ternasco" lamb meat was found harder, mealier, more cohesive and more difficult to swallow than milkfed lamb meat. Increased live weight developed woolly aroma, woolly flavour and more intense aftertaste in cooked lamb meat. Milk-fed lambs produced meat with a more characteristic aroma and flavour than "ternasco" lambs. The increase of live weight from 12 to 24 kg had more influence on the lamb sensory quality than the breed factor, and consequently each commercial category presented its own characteristic texture, aroma and flavour.