CRITERIONAL FEATURES OF STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FINE TEXTILE MEAT

Poultry meat mechanically separated from broiler carcasses and compared with minced meat from manual deboning was studied. It has been found that an increase in the free moisture content of mechanically separated meat by 10-15% causes a reduction in shear characteristics by almost 2 times. The shear stress values ​​in hand-rolled meat samples were, on average, 1.3 times higher than in physico-chemically similar samples of mechanically separated meat. The samples of hand-rolled meat differed by 1.4 times the values ​​of plastic viscosity, as well as larger, on average 1.5 times, the values ​​of the coefficient of consistency. A set of rheological parameters and their limit values, close to the characteristics of minced meat from manual deboning, namely: the maximum shear stress (penetration) - from 1.9 kPa to 2.2 kPa; plastic viscosity - from 33 Pa • s to 45 Pa • s; coefficient of consistency - from 1.4 to 1.7. It has been established that the most important factors influencing the difference between the rheological parameters of mechanically separated meat and hand-rolled meat are the fat content and the degree of grinding. The reduction of fat content, processing pressure, as well as the speed of grinding of raw materials allows to bring the rheological characteristics of mechanically separated meat to the characteristics of manual deboning meat. The nature of the change in the rheological properties of meat mechanically separated over time is revealed: during the first stage (lasts about 2-3 hours) the structure remains unchanged, the second stage is the period of growth of all indicators to the maximum value, this is the period of critical aging. Further aging (third period) is characterized by a decrease in the numerical values ​​of all indicators, due to a decrease in the strength of the structure under the action of a complex of microbiological and biochemical processes. The study of the rheological properties of mechanically separated meat of broiler chickens and the comparison of the obtained indicators with the corresponding characteristics of minced meat formed by mincing hand-rolled meat, gave grounds for concluding on the possibility and expediency of mechanically separated meat in meat products.