Super-tenderisation processes
| Project start date: | 23 November 2007 |
| Project end date: | 30 October 2008 |
| Publication date: | 01 December 2008 |
| Project status: | Completed |
| Livestock species: | Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle |
| Relevant regions: | National |
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Summary
Some research funded uunder the MQST program found benefits of low-frequency waveforms on the tenderisation of sheep meat. It was hypothesised that certain waveform that cause an eco-centric movement in the carcase during processing immediately post-slaughter and could cause some unexpected benefits to meat tenderness. Several projects were funded to investigate specific programmed waveforms to achieve this eco-centric event during processing.
It was expected that if successful, such processing interventions would be available to processors to achieve tenderness of sheep and beef beyond normal expected tenderness of non-aged product.
Unfortunately, no consistent improvment in eating quality via this stimulation approach was found and further research has been terminated.
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| Project manager: | Dean Gutzke |
| Primary researcher: | Beef & Lamb New Zealand Limited |
