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DISCUSSION

In this experiment, the objectives are to determine meat pigment


formation for fresh, cured meat and the effect of salt on binding capacity.
The colour of the meat comes mainly from the pigment myoglobin. For the
first experiment, the colour of meat before refrigerate is bright red at
centre and red at near the edge. This is because the reduced myoglobin
combines with oxygen instead of water and forms oxymyoglobin. The iron
in oxymyoglobin is still in ferrous state but the pigment is bright red in
colour. Next, meat with saran wrap turns brown while unwrap meat turns
red in colour after refrigerate for 2 hours. The saran wrap meat turns
brown because it does not allow oxygen to the surface of meat. However,
exposure to store lighting as well as the continued contact of myoglobin
and oxymyoglobin with oxygen leads to the formation of metmyoglobin, a
pigment that turns meat brownish-red. In unwrap meat, oxygen is held at
the centre of the myoglobin molecule, giving rise to oxymyoglobin which
gives meat its bright red colour.
For experiment meat pigment formation (cured meat pigment) it obtained for non- nitrite
meat in uncooked is red for surface and brown for interior while for nitrite meat is brown for
surface and also interior. In theoretically, when meat is cooked, some of proteins in it
denatures and become tan-coloured, giving well done meat a brownish-grey colour. However,
the results that obtained in cooked situation for non- nitrite meat the surface colour is red and
the interior is light brown. In addition, the treatment of meat with nitrite in uncooked and
cooked meat turns the meat to brown colour. This is because the nitrite usually
dissolved in water, causes metmyoglobin to be formed, which causes the
meat to turn brown. Eventually, the brownish coloured meat will form the
cured meat compound, nitrosylhemocrome, when the product is heated.
The nitrosylhemochrome is a pink coloured pigment that is heat stable.
This pink cured meat colour will continue to be pink when it is cooked as
well as if the meat product is reheated multiple times.
Experiment for effect of salt on binding capacity in meat. From observation for meat added
with water is showed that meat is fall. This is because the ability for the meat to retain water

is reduced. For meat added with salt solution it shows that is stick. This is because salt help
bind meat by extracting its protein which glue together adjacent of meat.

CONCLUSION
As a conclusion, the meat pigment formation is red in colour. When add
nitrite with cooked and uncooked, meat turns brown in colour. The
addition of salt to meat is stick because of the binding capacity. The
objective of this experiment is achieved.
REFERENCES
1. Leo M.L. Nollet, Fidel Toldra (2008) Handbook of Processed Meats and
Poultry Analysis, CRC Press Publication.
2. Offer, G., & Knight, P. (1988). The structural basis of water-holding in
meat. Part 1: General principles and water uptake in meat processing.
Developments in Meat Science, 4, 63171.
3. http://www.meatscience.org/docs/default-source/publicationsresources/Hot-Topics/download-the-ebook-format-pdf-of-the-meat-colormeasurement-guidelines.pdf?sfvrsn=0

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