This study investigated the substitution effect of phosphate and isolated soybean powder (ISP) by Allomyrina dichotoma larvae powder (AP) in emulsion sausage. The sausages were prepared for five treatments: 1) positive control (PC): sausages manufactured with sodium pyrophosphate (0.3%) and ISP (1%); 2) negative control (NC): sausages manufactured without sodium pyrophosphate, and ISP; 3) phosphate replacement (PR): sausages manufactured with ISP and AP (1%); 4) ISP replacement (IR): sausages manufactured with sodium pyrophosphate and AP; 5) phosphate and ISP replacement (PIR): sausages manufactured with AP. The 1% AP extract showed DPPH radical scavenging (45.65±2.468%) and metal chelating (22.46±3.559%) activity. The high pH value of AP (8.03) increased the pH of the meat batter of PR, IR, and PIR (p<0.05), but there was no inhibitory effect on cooking loss. Cooking loss of IR was not significantly different with PC due to phosphate. The addition of AP decreased the L* and a* values and increased the b* values, and decreased hardness, chewiness, and springiness of PR, IR, and PIR (p<0.05). AP did not inhibit lipid oxidation in sausages, in contrast to phosphate. In sensory evaluation, the addition of AP resulted in low scores for all sensory parameters of the sausages, although most panels had normal or positive awareness (p<0.05). Aroma was more influential on samples than color. Overall, AP did not replace phosphate and ISP in the sausages. Therefore, processes such as eliminating unique aroma and color and increasing solubility through particle size control are necessary to use AP as a protein source.

본 연구는 개정된 소 도체 등급판정 세부기준이 개정 목표에 부합되는지를 평가하기 위해 실시되었다. 본 연구에서는 기초 데이터를 바탕으로 데이터의 분포를 도출하고, 도출된 분포를 바탕으로 미래 데이터를 추출하여 이를 분석하는 몬테카를로(Monte Carlo) 방법론을 활용하였다. 축산물품 질평가원의 2019년 1월 2일부터 2019년 5월 31일까지 등급판정을 받은 한우 거세 비육우의 도체정보(n=187,279)를 이용하여 각 도체성적의 분포와 상관관계를 도출하였다. @risk 소프트웨어를 이용하여 10만 개의 가상 도체 데이터를 Latin hypercube 방법으로 추출하여 몬테카를로 시뮬레이션을 실시하고, 각 변수들이 육량지수, 육량등급, 육질등급에 미치는 영향력을 평가하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 육량지수는 현행 등급판정 기준과 개정된 기준에서 모두 도체중량이 증가함에 따라 감소하는 것으로 나타났으며 각 변수들에 대한 민감도는 두 기준이 유사하였다. 개정된 기준에서는 도축월령이 증가함에 따라 그 정도는 미미하지만 육량지수 및 육량등급이 저하되는 것으로 나타났다(P < 0.001). 현행 등급판정 기준에서는 그 밖의 도체성적이 동일할 때, 육질등급은 배최장근단면적과 도축월령이 증가할수록 개선되고(P < 0.01), 등지방두께와 도체중량은 육질등급에 유의적인 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 개정된 등급판정 기준에서는 육질등급이 모든 도체성적 및 도축월령과 유의적인 관계를 갖는데(P < 0.01), 그 밖의 도체성적이 동일하다면, 도체중량이 클수록, 등지방두께가 얇을수록, 배최장근단면적이 적을수록, 도축월령이 적을수록 육질등급이 개선되는 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 새로운 ‘소 도체 등급판정 세부기준’은 도체중량의 증가에 따라 육량등급을 증가시키는 것은 아니나, 현행 기준에 비해 한우의 사육기간을 단축시키는 효과는 클 것으로 기대된다.

The objective of this study was to investigate the quality properties of sausages added with the atmospheric pressure plasma treated extract of Perilla frutescens Britton var. acuta Kudo (red perilla). The lyophilized powder of red perilla extract treated by atmospheric-pressure plasma contained 7.5 g kg-1 nitrite. Sausage samples were manufactured with the addition of sodium nitrite (Control), celery powder (Celery), or plasma-treated extract of red perilla (PTP) to obtain nitrite concentration of 70 mg kg-1. The residual nitrite content was the lowest in PTP during storage for 21 days at 4℃ (p<0.05). The total aerobic bacteria counts were higher in PTP than in Control and Celery during storage at 4℃ (p<0.05). Malondialdehyde content of sausages was significantly lower in PTP than in Control and Celery during storage (p<0.05). PTP showed the lowest L* value and the highest b* value among the tested sausage samples during storage (p<0.05). PTP received the low scores in all the sensory properties of sausages because of its inherent color and flavor. The results suggested that the plasma-treated extract of red perilla was an unsuitable natural nitrite source for cured meat products because of its adverse effect on sensory quality. However, natural nitrite source with increased nitrite content can be produced by the treatment of the natural plant extract with atmosphericpressure plasma.

In this study, using the surface dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) produced at atmospheric pressure to improve the physiological activities of quercetin was investigated. Quercetin (at 200 ppm) was treated using air DBD with an input power of 250 W. The tyrosinase inhibition effect and total phenolic content of quercetin increased from 38.96 to 91.58% and from 134.53 to 152.93 ppm, respectively, after 20 min of plasma treatment. The antioxidant activity of quercetin treated for 20 min in the lipid models was higher than that of quercetin treated for 0, 5, and 10 min. Furthermore, plasma-treated quercetin exhibited antimicrobial activity against Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Staphylococcus aureus, whereas activity was not shown in the control. Structural modifications of the quercetin molecule induced by plasma might be responsible for the improvements in its physiological activity. These results indicate that DBD plasma could be used to enhance the physiological activity of quercetin for various applications in food.

The influence of aging on the flavor precursors and volatile compounds of top round beef was studied. The concentrations of free amino acids, nucleotides, creatine, dipeptides, and volatile compounds were measured after top round from Hanwoo was aged at 4℃ for 21 days. The amount of free amino acids in top round significantly increased with the increase of aging period. There was no effect of aging on the concentrations of adenosine monophosphate or inosine in top round. The inosine monophosphate content of top round significantly decreased with age, while the hypoxanthine content increased. The concentrations of creatine, carnosine, and anserine in top round were not influenced by aging. In total, 24 volatile compound were identified in aged, cooked top round. Of these, the quantities of aldehydes (propanal, pentanal, hexanal, heptanal, octanal, and nonanal), hydrocarbons (pentane and octane), 2-butanone, ethyl acetate, and pyridines (4-ethynyl-pyridine and 4-acetyl-pyridine) significantly increased after aging. We conclude that the flavor of top round can be improved by aging.

This study investigated the quality change of strip loin from hanwoo with quality grade 2 produced by dry aging, and compared the quality of dry-aged strip loin with that of strip loin from hanwoo with quality grade 1+. Hanwoo strip loins with quality grade 1+ (SL1) and 2 (SL2) after a day of slaughter and dry-aged strip loin (DSL2) aged for 21 days at 2℃ with 85% humidity were obtained from local markets. The proximate composition, pH, cooking loss, lipid oxidation, instrumental color (CIE L*, a* and b* value) and sensory properties of the strip loins were measured. DSL2 contained low moisture and high protein contents compared with SL2, and low fat, high protein, and high ash contents compared with SL1 (p<0.05). The pH and cooking loss were higher and lower, respectively, in DSL2 compared to SL2 (p<0.05). SL1 had a higher pH than DSL2 (p<0.05). However, the cooking loss was not different between SL1 and DSL2. The TBARS value was the highest in DSL2 and the lowest in SL2 (p<0.05). DSL2 had higher L* and b* value compared with SL2 (p<0.05). There were no significant differences of L*, a* and b* values between DSL2 and SL1. Sensory properties such as the color, flavor, taste, texture, and acceptability of DSL2 were higher than those of SL2 (p<0.05). There was no significant different in all sensory properties between DSL2 and SL1. According to the results, dry aging can improve the nutritional and sensorial quality of strip loin with quality grade 2 to quality comparable to quality grade 1+.