Method to improve meat tenderness by accelerating the postmortem aging of muscle

摘要

This invention provides a feed additive for ruminant and other animals, as well as pork and poultry, that includes a balance between positively charged particles and negatively charged particles, to cause the diet to have a negative cation/anion balance. The composition may be obtained from either glutamic acid fermentation solubles, corn fermentation solubles, or other related fermentation solubles, or a mixture thereof. The composition enhances ionic activity through the addition of ionic sources such as ammonium or magnesium salts, and related salts, which together function as a feed additive to increase meat tenderness.