The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of ultimate pH of semimembranosus muscle on quality characteristics of dry-cured ham. The sample selection was determined based on ultimate pH of semimembranosus muscle, and samples were then classified into three groups: A (pH 5.61±0.09), B (pH 5.86±0.06) and C (pH 6.13±0.09). Our results depicted that the ultimate pH had a significant effect on the quality characteristics of dry-cured ham. Particularly, as the ultimate pH increased, the pH values of the dry-cured hams significantly (p<0.05) increased while weight loss decreased. Significantly (p<0.05) higher CIE a*, b* and chroma values were observed in the dry-cure hams from the samples with lower ultimate pH. Additionally, the values of some texture characteristics (e.g., hardness and chewiness) significantly (p<0.05) decreased as the ultimate pH increased. However, no significant differences among the three pH groups were observed for water activity, salinity, volatile basic nitrogen (VBN), calorie as well as sensory properties of dry-cure hams (p>0.05). These results clearly demonstrate that the ultimate pH of semimembranosus muscle is more related to quality characteristics than sensory attributes of dry-cured ham.

The effects of substituting fat with different levels of pork rind on quality characteristics of emulsified sausage were investigated. Five sausage batches were manufactured by partially replacing fat with 0, 5, 10, 15, 20% pork rind. After manufacturing, the sausages were vacuum-packaged and stored at 4℃ for 1, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days. The results indicated that the increase in levels of pork rind resulted in lower calorie whereas higher moisture, protein, collagen contents (p<0.05). Use of pork rind resulted in an increase in amounts of minerals such as Cu, K, Mn, Na, P and Zn, and free amino acids such as aspartic acid, threonine, serine, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine, valine and iso-luecine, as compared with the control (0% pork rind). On the other hand, no significant differences in the sensory properties of sausage with added pork rind were observed. Based on the results in the present study, it is suggested that pork rind can be used as a fat replacer in manufacture of emulsified sausage without adverse effect on the quality characteristics and sensory properties as well.

본 연구에서는 아질산염 대체제로서 녹차, 세이지, 파프리카 올레오레진 추출물을 미세캡슐 화하여 돈육 패티 제조과정에서 첨가 시 4oC의 저장과정에서 색도, 총 플라보노이드 함량, DPPH radical 소거활성, TBARS, 총균수 등의 변화를 비교 분석하였다. 색도에서는 미세캡슐화한 처리구 2가 비 캡슐화의 처리구 1나 아질산염첨가 대조구보다 저장기간 내내 높은 a 값을 보였다. 총 플라보노이드함량에 있어서 저장초기 대조구와 처리구간에 유사한 값을보였으나 저장 7일후에는 저장초기대비 대조구는 약 52%의 감소가 나타난 반면 처리구 1과 처리구 2에서는 각각47과 43%가 감소하였다. DPPH radical 소거활성은 저장초기의 대조구가 8.68%로서 가장 낮았으며 처리구 1과 처리구 2는 각각 18.15와 23.27%로 높게 나타났다. TBARS값에서는 대조구, 처리구1 및 처리구 2는 각각 0.54, 0.36및 0.33mg/kg으로 나타나 아질산염을 첨가한 대조구가 천연첨가물의 처리군에 비하여 높은 값을 보였다. 저장과정에서도 저장 7일 후 대조구는 약 61%의 증가가 있었던반면 처리구 2에서는 약 30%의 증가에 그쳤다. 총균수에서는 저장초기 대조구와 처리군 간의 차이가 없었으며2.98-3.38log CFU/g 수준이었고 저장 중 급격한 증식이없었다. 저장 7일 후에도 3.32-3.64log CFU/g 수준으로유의성차이를 보이지 않았다.

This study was investigated the effects of marinating beef with thirteen different commercial vinegars on quality traits of Biceps femoris (BF) muscle of Hanwoo. Samples were divided into thirteen portions and injected with vinegar which was equivalent to 10% of the sample weight. The samples were all marinated for 15 hrs at 4℃ for experiments. The pH and cooking loss were tended to decrease (p<0.05) on all the vinegars and swollen rate was increased only on pomegranate vinegar. Shear force was decreased on all the thirteen commercial vinegars except persimmon vinegar. Most of commercial vinegars had influenced on water holding capacity, excluding omija-persimmon, pomegranate and grape vinegars. The yield was the greatest with the aloe-apple (p<0.05). Redness (a) was stable on aloe-apple and omija-persimmon vinegars. With an improvement of experimental design and process for future work, the results could be suggested to industrial utilization wherein low-quality meat could be improved by simple marination.