Changes of Quality Properties of Pork Loaves with Chemical-free Sweet Persimmon Powder during Chilled Storage at 5℃

Abstract

Four different pork loaves were made with two levels, HP/FP-3% and HP/FP-6%, containing 3.0 and 6.0% HP (hot air dried sweet persimmon powder) / FP (freezer dried sweet persimmon powder), respectively. HP and FP (3% and 6%) were added into ground pork loin separately. A control without persimmon powder were used for comparison. Patties were cooked to 74 in electric oven, after cooling, the aerobic packaged meat loaves were stored at 5 . The moisture and crude ash were higher in the FP-6%, and the crude protein and crude fat were no different among the samples. The pH in control sample was significantly higher (p<0.05) than those of treatment group, however no significant difference was found among the 4 treatments. The TBARS (thiobarbituric reactive substance) values of all samples showed a tendency of increasing value along the storage days. The TBARS and a* value increased (p<0.05) as the addition ratio of HP/FP increased, respectively. With regard to microorganisms, the number of total aerobic bacteria were lower than 3.11 log10 CFU/g. In sensory evaluation, meat loaves containing persimmon powder resulted in a high overall acceptability, although they were not significantly different in overall acceptability.