Effect of sodium replacement on the quality characteristics of pastırma(a dry-cured meat product)

摘要

This study aims to investigate the effect of sodium replacement on the quality characteristics of pastırma.For this purpose,pastırma production with four different salt mixtures(Ⅰ.100%NaCl;Ⅱ.50%NaCl+50%KCl;Ⅲ.40%NaCl+40%KCl+20%CaCl_(2);Ⅳ.30%NaCl+40%KCl+20%CaCl_(2)+10%MgCl_(2))were carried out using traditional method.The use of different salt mixtures for pastırma had no statistically significant effect on the microbial counts and residual nitrite of the final product.The a*and b*values were affected by this treatment.The salt mixture containing CaCl_(2) or CaCl_(2)+MgCl_(2) significantly decreased the pH values and sensory scores.The eighteen volatile compounds were affected by the salt mixtures.Na^(+),K^(+),Ca^(2+),and Mg^(2+)had a certain increase depending on their ratio in the salt mixtures.The highest Cathepsin activity in all pastırma samples was observed in Cathepsin B+L.The salt mixture with NaCl+KCl+CaCl_(2)+MgCl_(2) increased acid lipase activity.However,this mixture had no significant effect on neutral lipase activity.