Rancidity of frozen fish (Baltic cod and herring, mackerel, horse mackerel and hake) was determined by means of TBA value, organoleptical scoring and peroxide value. The correlation between the rancid odour sensory assessment and TBA test results proved insignificant (r = 0.53). Model experiment was undertaken in which promine D with addition of papain was incubated at 50 degrees C over 44 h. It was shown that as accumulation of protein hydrolysis products proceeded the increase of TBA value has taken place without development of rancid odour and with peroxide content below sensibility of sulphocyanide method. With regard to fish, therefore, it seems that the TBA test applied by means of techniques in which the reaction with TBA proceeds in the presence of interfering substances should be treated as a "freshness test" rather than a strictly rancidity one.
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