Ultrasound application to improve meat quality

High-intensity ultrasound offers an alternative to traditional methods of food preservation and is regarded as a green, versatile, popular, and promising emerging technology. Ultrasound generates acoustic cavitation in a liquid medium, developing physical forces that are considered the main mechanis...

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Autores: Alma D. Alarcón-Rojo, Esmeralda Peña-González, MANUEL IVAN CASTELLANOS GARCIA, Mariana Huerta-Jiménez, Raúl Reyes-Villagrana, Luis Carrillo-López, Hector Janacua-Vidales
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:uacj.mx:oai:cathi.uacj.mx:20.500.11961ir-6560
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.77973
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ultrasound, cavitation, emerging technologies, minimal processing, meat quality
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/6
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Sumario:High-intensity ultrasound offers an alternative to traditional methods of food preservation and is regarded as a green, versatile, popular, and promising emerging technology. Ultrasound generates acoustic cavitation in a liquid medium, developing physical forces that are considered the main mechanism responsible for the observed changes in exposed materials. In meat, ultrasound has been successfully used to improve processes such as mass transfer and marination, tenderization of meat ,and inactivation of microorganisms. It is also an alternative to traditional meat aging methods for improving the quality properties of meat. Moreover, the combination of ultrasonic energy with a sanitizing agent can improve the effect of microbial reduction in foods. This review describes recent potential applications of ultrasound in meat systems, as well as physical and chemical effects of ultrasound treatments on the conservation and modification of processed meat foods.