The current study was undertaken to determine the effect of emulsion addition (0, l, 3, or 5%) on protein extractability, binding ability and microstructure of low salt, restructured chicken meat product. As emulsion level increased from I to 3%, pH, ...
The current study was undertaken to determine the effect of emulsion addition (0, l, 3, or 5%) on protein extractability, binding ability and microstructure of low salt, restructured chicken meat product. As emulsion level increased from I to 3%, pH, exudate proteins at bond area and myofibrillar protein extractability were increased (P$lt;0.05). Electrophoresis results showed that concentrations of myosin heavy chain and actin from myofibrillar proteins were increased by emulsion treatment. Addition of emulsion over 3% increased the processing yield (P$lt;0.05) and binding ability of restructured chicken meat product, but there were no differences (P$gt;0.05) in the composition of product among emulsion levels. Scanning electron micrographs revealed that there were large spaces in bond area of restructured chicken meat product containing 0% or 1%, emulsion, and their protein matrix was coarse and less dense. In the other hand, restructured product containing 3% or 5% emulsion had few space in bond area and their uniformly dense protein matrix was formed throughout the bond area.