Combined effect of carvacrol and high hydrostatic pressure on quality attributes of chicken meat during refrigerated conditions

Khabat Noori Hussein; Tamás Csurka; Bashdar I.  Meena; Hiwa M. Ahmed; Adrienn Varga-Tóth; Karina Hidas; Jónás Gábor; Csaba Németh; László Friedrich; István Dalmadi

doi:10.9755/ejfa.2023.3133

Authors

Khabat Noori Hussein Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok, Zakho Street 38, 42001 Duhok City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Tamás Csurka Department of Livestock Product and Food Preservation Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ménesi út 43-45, 1118, Budapest, Hungary
Bashdar I. Meena Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Health, Koya, University, Koya KOY45, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Hiwa M. Ahmed Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Slemani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Adrienn Varga-Tóth Department of Livestock Product and Food Preservation Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ménesi út 43-45, 1118, Budapest, Hungary
Karina Hidas Department of Livestock Product and Food Preservation Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ménesi út 43-45, 1118, Budapest, Hungary
Jónás Gábor Department of Livestock Product and Food Preservation Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ménesi út 43-45, 1118, Budapest, Hungary
Csaba Németh Capriovos-LtD., Szigetcsép, Hungary
László Friedrich Department of Livestock Product and Food Preservation Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ménesi út 43-45, 1118, Budapest, Hungary
István Dalmadi Department of Livestock Product and Food Preservation Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ménesi út 43-45, 1118, Budapest, Hungary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9755/ejfa.2023.3133

Abstract

The application of hurdle approach using high hydrostatic processing (HHP) with bioactive compounds (BACs) to preserve meat quality is promising due to safety, improved well-being, and easier acceptance by customers compared to the use of synthetic preservatives. This study was designed to investigate the influence of natural phenolic BAC carvacrol (CARV) at 500 and 1000 ppm combined with HHP(300 and 600MPa) on the quality attributes of chicken meat after being vacuum-sealed and kept at 4 ± 0.5 °C for 28 days. The HHP showed a significantly higher pH rate (P<0.05), increased L* and b* value, decreased a* values, and reduction in water holding capacity (WHC) compared to unpressurized control meat with/without CARV. Reduction in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) indexes was perceived in meat supplemented with CARV, and low level of HHP (300 HHP) whereas significantly increased lipid oxidation was witnessed with HHP 600 MPa. At day 28, an increase in aerobic mesophilic counts (AMCs) was observed in all meat samples. However, reductions of about 0.6, 0.8, and 1.1 log in AMCs were seen in meat treated with 600HHP-No CARV, HHP300-CARV 500 ppm, and 600HHP-CARV 1000 ppm, respectively. Furthermore, despite the overlapping aroma pattern between meat containing CARV and control groups, the electronic nose was able to discriminate control from samples subjected to HHP. The current results demonstrate that the addition of CARV improved the conservation effects of HHP with less oxidative deterioration of fresh chicken meat during chilling storage.

Keywords: Bioactive compounds; High hydrostatic processing; Chicken meat; Lipid oxidation; Microbiological properties