PMID- 34573607 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20211001 IS - 2076-2615 (Print) IS - 2076-2615 (Electronic) IS - 2076-2615 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 9 DP - 2021 Sep 8 TI - Physicochemical and Sensory Attributes of Intact and Restructured Chicken Breast Meat Supplemented with Transglutaminase. LID - 10.3390/ani11092641 [doi] LID - 2641 AB - Transglutaminases (TG) are enzymes that improve the functional properties of proteins in meat products, contribute to the strong cohesion of meat without the further need for the addition of sodium chloride or phosphates, and have a positive effect on the texture of the meat product. This study aimed to investigate the physicochemical and sensory attributes of intact and restructured chicken meat supplemented with different TG proportions. The study was conducted on chicken breast meat samples (n = 40) originating from the line Ross 308. The intact samples were separated from the pectoralis major muscle, whereas the rest of the breast meat was ground, divided into equal parts, and supplemented with TG (0.2%; 0.4%; 0.6%; 0.8%; 1%). The intact meat had the highest cooking loss (19.84) when compared to 0.2% (15.51), 0.4% (15.04), 0.6% (14.95), 0.8% (14.95), and 1% (15.79) TG-supplemented meat. The intact meat had greater shear force (16.90) than 0.2% (5.16), 0.4% (5.39), 0.6% (5.16), 0.8% (5.98), and 1% (6.92) TG supplemented meat. There was no difference between intact meat and TG-supplemented meat in color, taste, odor, texture, and overall acceptability (p > 0.05). Therefore, TG supplementation can be used in improving yield and texture of minced chicken meat. FAU - Kaic, Ana AU - Kaic A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0509-431X AD - Department of Animal Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetosimunska Cesta 25, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia. FAU - Janjecic, Zlatko AU - Janjecic Z AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9161-024X AD - Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetosimunska Cesta 25, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia. FAU - Zgur, Silvester AU - Zgur S AD - Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Groblje 3, SI-1230 Domzale, Slovenia. FAU - Sikic, Monika AU - Sikic M AD - Department of Animal Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetosimunska Cesta 25, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia. FAU - Potocnik, Klemen AU - Potocnik K AD - Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Groblje 3, SI-1230 Domzale, Slovenia. LA - eng GR - P4-0092/ARRS/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210908 PL - Switzerland TA - Animals (Basel) JT - Animals : an open access journal from MDPI JID - 101635614 PMC - PMC8471920 OTO - NOTNLM OT - meat quality OT - sensory analysis OT - transglutaminase COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2021/09/29 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/29 06:01 PMCR- 2021/09/08 CRDT- 2021/09/28 01:09 PHST- 2021/08/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/09/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/09/28 01:09 [entrez] PHST- 2021/09/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/29 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ani11092641 [pii] AID - animals-11-02641 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ani11092641 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Animals (Basel). 2021 Sep 8;11(9):2641. doi: 10.3390/ani11092641.