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Quality retention during the chilled distribution of farmed turbot ( Psetta maxima ): effect of a primary slurry ice treatment
Author(s) -
Piñeiro Carmen,
Bautista Raquel,
Rodríguez Óscar,
Losada Vanesa,
BarrosVelázquez Jorge,
Aubourg Santiago P.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2005.00989.x
Subject(s) - turbot , shelf life , slurry , flake , food science , environmental science , trimethylamine , chemistry , fishery , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , environmental engineering , biochemistry
Summary The quality and shelf‐life of chilled farmed turbot ( Psetta maxima ) was evaluated by sensory, microbiological and biochemical procedures after being subjected to a two‐step refrigeration storage in slurry ice and flake ice, respectively. Turbot specimens were stored for 10 or 17 days in slurry ice, and then were transferred to flake ice for 1–3 days to simulate the sale conditions in the market. The results were compared with control batches stored only in flake ice and processed in parallel. Storage of turbot in the two‐step strategy resulted in a better maintenance of sensory quality, especially with regard to its mucus production and gill odour development, better control of microbial activity, especially of aerobes, and the slowing down of some biochemical degradation mechanisms such as the nucleotide degradation pathway and trimethylamine production. As a consequence, the shelf‐life was extended significantly. From these results it can be concluded that the refrigerated transport of farmed turbot in slurry ice enhances its shelf‐life, before its transfer into flake ice in the retail market.