Portioning breast fillets: Try a little tenderness - Quality and yield-and customer satisfaction - depend on initial quality, aging, marination and equipment used for portioning

摘要

Boneless broiler breast fillets are a highly demanded product for many market segments including retail, foodservice and further processing. Broilers are processed in a variety of weight ranges in order to meet specific customer needs, and the processing of large birds, 6-9 lb., is becoming increasingly popular. These larger birds are used for deboning markets that feed into foodservice and further processing markets due to increased meat yields and increased pounds per man hour, thereby improving labor/process efficiency. The use of sizing and portioning of breast fillets from large birds is necessary to provide uniform products that meet strict customer specifications (e.g., weight and/or size) especially for the foodservice market.