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BRIEF COMMUNICATION: Quality of chilled-never-frozen versus chilled-frozen-thawed lamb

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E. WIKLUND, M.M. FAROUK, A. STUART, S. CARTWRIGHT, N. PENNEY and K. ROSENVOLD

Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production 69: 108-111

Chilled lamb currently attracts a premium price over frozen accelerated conditioning and ageing (AC&A) lamb in New Zealand’s traditional lamb markets. AC&A lamb is fully frozen within 48 h of slaughter (Hagyard, 1979). The price differential between chilled-never-frozen (CNF) and AC&A frozen lamb is due to CNF lamb having more reliable tenderness, less drip loss and longer colour display life than AC&A lamb. There is no clear evidence that the eating quality of CNF lamb is superior to... Continued

Keywords: NZSAPAB; lamb; meat quality; tenderness; drip loss; colour; consumer preference test.

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