The effects of goat meat usage in the production of traditional Sucuk sausage | Efekti korišćenja kozjeg mesa u proizvodnji tradicionalnog sudžuka

Sucuk is highly popular in Turkey and Middle East, but also in Europe. Its main constituents are beef, mutton and buffalo meat. In Serbia, sucuk is produced mainly in western parts of the country, in small manufacturing facilities or households during autumn and winter (favourable climate conditions for production). It is produced of small beef chops and peaces of fatty tissue obtained in ham processing. The casing (beef small intestine) is filled with the stuffing, the sausage then undergoes the process of smoking and drying for 30 days. Sucuk is characterised by dark-red colour and taste of spicey and fermented beef with mild smoke aroma. The consequence of adding beef fatty tissue is rather specific texture of the product. The aim of this investigation is to determine the possibility of usage of goat meat in Sucuk production, sensory acceptabillity of the new product and determination of its physical, chemical and biochemical properties. Two batches of Sucuk were made: A and B. Batch A was made of 90 kg of goat meat and 10 kg of fatty tissue pieces, while batch B was made of 45 kg of goat meat, 45 kg of beef and 10 kg of fatty tissue. The other ingredients were added equally in both batches. The sampling of both variants of Sucuk was carried out on 0th, 1st, 3rd, 7th, 14th, 21st and 36th day of production. Three sausages from each batch were taken for microbiological, chemical analysis, determination of pH and NPN value. Electrophoresis was carried out on the pooled sample from three sausages. Separate analysis was applied for each batch. Weight loss was determined on 12 individual sausages from each batch taken during every sampling. Chemical analysis included determination of water, protein, fat and ash content. Microbiological analysis included determination of total viable count, micrococci, lactobacilli and lactococci. Sensory evaluation was carried out by nine panel auditors, evaluating colour, aroma, taste and texture of the product at the end of the manufacturing process. The five-point system was used in evaluation. The results for weight loss, NPN and sensory analysis were processed using single-factor variance analysis. On the results obtained, it can be concluded that goat meat can be sucessfully used in sucuk production.