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Quality preservation of salted, vacuum packaged and refrigerated mahi sefid ( Rutilus frisii kutum ) fillets using an onion ( Allium cepa ) extract
Author(s) -
Zolfaghari Mehdi,
Shabanpour Bahareh,
Fallahzadeh Sanaz
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02395.x
Subject(s) - vacuum packing , shelf life , food science , biology , thiobarbituric acid , salted fish , salting , preservative , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , biochemistry , oxidative stress , lipid peroxidation
The combined effect of light salting, vacuum packaging and onion extract on the shelf life of mahi sefid ( Rutilus frisii kutum ) fillets under refrigeration was assessed using chemical, microbiological and sensory methods. The shelf life of control, air‐packaged, salted (APS), vacuum‐packaged, salted (VPS) and vacuum‐packaged, salted with onion extract (VPSOE) samples was determined to be up to 6, 9, 15 and 18 days respectively. The values of total volatile basic nitrogen, free fatty acid and thiobarbituric acid increased progressively during the storage period for all the treatments. However, the preservative methods applied led to an extended shelf life of fillets based on chemical indices and sensory attributes in the following order: VPSOE>VPS>APS>control group. The assay of the total viable count (TVC) revealed that 2% and 4%VPSOE produced a decrease in TVC throughout the storage period. According to the results obtained, the best method to preserve the mahi sefid fillet was by 4%VPSOE treatment.