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Quality of chilled-never-frozen versus chilled-frozen-thawed lamb : Brief Communication

Quality of chilled-never-frozen versus chilled-frozen-thawed lamb : Brief Communication
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Wiklund E, Farouk MM, Stuart A, Cartwright S, Penney N, Rosenvold K
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 69, pp 108-111, Jun 2009

Article class: Brief Communication

Subject Terms: Diet/rations/food, Harvesting/processing, Meat, Quality/assurance

Animal Type: Sheep

Publisher: New Zealand Society of Animal Production

Abstract

Chilled lamb currently attracts a premium price over frozen accelerated conditioning and ageing (AC&A) lamb in New Zealand's traditional lamb markets. AC&A lamb is fully frozen within 48 h of slaughter (Hagyard, 1979). The price differential between chilled-never-frozen (CNF) and AC&A frozen lamb is due to CNF lamb having more reliable tenderness, less drip loss and longer colour display life than AC&A lamb. There is no clear evidence that the eating quality of CNF lamb is superior to... Continued

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