Quality Evaluation of Chicken Liver Pâté Affected by Algal Hydrocolloids Addition: A Textural and Rheological Approach

Hydrocolloids are used in spreadable meat or poultry products to improve consistency, emulsion stability and water retention, resulting in products with desired functional and organoleptic properties. The scope of the work was to evaluate the addition of three divergent algal hydrocolloids (κ-carrag...

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Main Authors: Ladislav Šiška, Robert Gál, František Štefunko, Zdeněk Polášek, Zuzana Lazárková, Markéta Pětová, Zdeněk Trvdoň, Richardos Nikolaos Salek
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-09-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/18/2715
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Summary:Hydrocolloids are used in spreadable meat or poultry products to improve consistency, emulsion stability and water retention, resulting in products with desired functional and organoleptic properties. The scope of the work was to evaluate the addition of three divergent algal hydrocolloids (κ-carrageenan, ι-carrageenan, furcellaran) at four different concentrations (0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00% <i>w</i>/<i>w</i>) on the physicochemical, textural, rheological and organoleptic properties of model chicken liver pâté (CLP) samples. Overall, the highest hardness and viscoelastic moduli values of the CLP samples were reported when κ-carrageenan and furcellaran were utilized at a concentration of 0.75% <i>w</i>/<i>w</i> (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Furthermore, increasing the concentrations of the utilized hydrocolloids led to increase in the viscoelastic moduli and hardness values of CLP. Compared to the control sample, an increase in spreadability was reported in the CLP samples with the addition of hydrocolloids. Finally, the use of algal hydrocolloids proved to be an effective way to modify the techno-functional properties of CLP.
ISSN:2076-2615