Sodium-reduced lean sausages with fish oil optimized by a mixture design approach

Meat Sci. 2015 Jun:104:67-77. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.02.005. Epub 2015 Feb 20.

Abstract

A partial NaCl replacement by KCl and sodium tripolyphosphate on low-fat meat sausages formulated with fish oil was studied using a mixture design. Thermal behavior by modulated differential scanning calorimetry, physicochemical, and textural properties were determined; afterwards they were mathematically modeled as a function of salts content. The thermo-rheological behavior of the different formulations was also studied in a control-stress rheometer. The optimal sodium reduction was found employing a desirability function approach. This formulation was experimentally validated and employed for microstructure analysis by environmental scanning microscopy. The results obtained in this work revealed that partial sodium replacement affected the matrix microstructure, but this change had no impact on sensory acceptability. In comparison with US and Argentinean commercial sausages, our product has 58% and 70% less Na(+) respectively.

Keywords: Low-fat; Low-sodium; Meat emulsion; Potassium; Potassium Chloride (PubChem CID: 4873); Rheology; Sodium Chloride (PubChem CID: 5234); Sodium Tripolyphosphate (PubChem CID: 26118); Texture.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Color
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Diet, Fat-Restricted
  • Diet, Sodium-Restricted
  • Emulsions
  • Fish Oils*
  • Food Handling / methods*
  • Humans
  • Meat Products / analysis*
  • Polyphosphates*
  • Potassium Chloride*
  • Rheology
  • Sodium / analysis*
  • Sodium Chloride, Dietary*
  • Taste

Substances

  • Emulsions
  • Fish Oils
  • Polyphosphates
  • Sodium Chloride, Dietary
  • Potassium Chloride
  • Sodium
  • triphosphoric acid