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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, CN;
Yimin Zhang, Taian, CN;
Xin Luo, Taian, CN;
Yanwei Mao, Taian, CN;
Rongrong Liang, Taian, CN;
Pengcheng Dong, Taian, CN;
Xiaoyin Yang, Taian, CN;
Yunge Liu, Taian, CN;
Xue Chen, Taian, CN;
SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, Taian, CN;
Abstract
Disclosed is a fast chilling method for improving beef tenderness, including the following steps: step 1, sample pretreatment: taking beef longissimus dorsi muscle after slaughter, removing surface fat and connective tissue, and vacuum packaging; step 2, rapid chilling: rapidly transferring the pre-treated sample completed in step 1 to a chilling equipment for chilling to a sample temperature of −3 degrees Celsius (° C.), where the chilling is completed within 5 hours (h) after slaughter; step 3, chilling and aging at super-chilled temperature: transferring the samples rapidly chilled in step 2 to a chilled warehouse, and continuing to chilling and aging until 24 h after slaughter; and step 4, chilling storage and aging: cutting the sample equally into 2.5 centimeters (cm) thickness 24 h after slaughter, and then completing a vacuum skin packaging and refrigerating for aging.