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FOOD CONTROL
Volume 47, Issue -, Pages 237-245Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.07.010
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Panulirus argus; Freshness; QIM; Chilled storage; Quality
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the freshness of spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) stored on ice up to 18 days. Changes during storage were observed with sensory evaluation (Quality Index Method - QIM), pH, total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N), trimethylamine nitrogen (TMA-N), and microbiological analyses (total mesophilic and psychrotrophic count). The maximum shelf life of spiny lobster stored in flake ice at 1 +/- 0.2 degrees C was determined with loss of freshness (sensorial, physico-chemical and microbiological evaluations). High correlation R-2 = 0.922 between Quality Index (QI) and storage time at 1 degrees C was verified. QI ranged from zero (maximum freshness) to 15 (total loss of freshness) and reached the acceptable limit for consumption (QI = 9.54), which corresponds to a period of 10 days. The microbiological results showed an increase of psychrotrophic count along the storage time. TVB-N ranged from 5.23 to 20.31 mg 100 g(-1), TMA-N from 1.07 to 5.72 mg 100(-1) and pH from 6.91 to 7.19 in the first and 18th day of storage, respectively. It is suggested that spiny lobster has to be fresh and acceptable for consumption by cooling up to 10 days. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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