moisture – MASO-INTERNATIONAL

Moisture, fat and protein content in various types of animal marketing meats

Authors: Hasan Abdullah Mohammed
Keywords: dark meat, fat and protein, moisture, white meat

This experiment was conducted in the laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Anatomy Department of Veterinary at the Shaqlawah Technical Institute in Erbil. Samples of various types of poultry meat (breast and wings) and sheep meat (ribs and thigh parts) were used with four repetitions to estimate the moisture, fat and protein percentage in each type … [Read more…]

Determination of meat quality by near-infrared spectroscopy

Authors: Michaela Králová, Zuzana Procházková, Alena Saláková, Josef Kameník and Lenka Vorlová
Keywords: dry matter, meat, moisture, near-infrared spectroscopy, protein

The aim was to determine total protein, pure protein, non-collagen muscle protein, dry matter and moisture (water) in pork meat using Fourier transform near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (FT-NIRS). The spectra of samples (n = 54) were measured on an integrating sphere in the reflectance mode with a compression cell in a range of 10 000 to … [Read more…]