Inhibition of warmed-over flavor in meats
AssigneeArmour and Company
InventorsKunito Sato, Gerald R. Hegarty
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Abstract
A method for inhibiting the development of warmed-over flavor in uncured meat where the meat is cooked, cooled and stored at above freezing temperature in the presence of certain gamma-pyrone compounds, after which the stored meat may be consumed cold or reheated without the development of objectionable warmed-over flavor.
Claims4
Uncured meat which is resistant to the development of warmed-over flavor and which has incorporated therein 0.01 to 0.50 percent by weight of 3-hydroxy-2-ethyl-gamma-pyrone.
Uncured meat which is resistant to the development of warmed-over flavor and which has incorporated therein 0.01 to 0.50 percent by weight of 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-gamma-pyrone.
In a process for preparing uncured meat which is resistant to the development of warmed-over flavor, the step of incorporating into uncured meat 0.01 to 0.50 percent by weight of 3-hydroxy-2-ethyl-gamma-pyrone.
In a process for preparing uncured meat which is resistant to the development of warmed-over flavor, the step of incorporating into uncured meat 0.01 to 0.50 percent by weight of 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-gamma-pyrone.
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