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Factors Affecting Poultry Meat Quality and Flavor: Physico-Chemical Attributes and Sensory Evaluation

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Poultry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 4346

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Dr. Robert Gąsior

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Central Laboratory, National Research Institute of Animal Production, 32-083 Balice n. Kraków, Poland
Interests: quality of animal products; traditional food; aroma compounds; HS-SPME-GC/MS; olfactometry; statistics; chemometrics
Prof. Dr. Władysław Migdał

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Faculty of Food Technology, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Balicka 122, 30-149 Krakow, Poland
Interests: sensory analysis; traditional products
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Dear Colleagues,

Poultry rearing is one of the most popular farming methods due to its efficient feed conversion, which leads to high productive performance and profitability. The total production of poultry meat in the world is the largest among other types of meat, amounting to 138 million tonnes in 2022.

However, today, consumers of meat expect high-quality products with health-promoting properties and original flavor, as well as for their meat to be obtained from animals reared in a natural and sustainable way. This is favored by the long-term increase in the standard of living and environmental awareness of consumers who are seeking such products.

It is well known that aroma compounds determine the flavor of food. These, and especially key odorants, are very important in the evaluation of food quality by consumers, since it has been believed that about 90% of sensations accompanying the consumption of various food products by humans are in fact olfactory sensations. The meat aroma may depend on gender, species, breed, feeding, housing conditions, welfare, stress, diseases, and the ripening of the meat or carcass from which a product is made. Additionally, the odor is strongly influenced by thermal treatment, in which volatile compounds are formed in the Maillard reactions.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews should contain any aspects regarding the flavor quality of poultry meat. These may concern traditional products and cover studies on volatile compound composition, GC-olfactory and sensory assessments, as well as topics on classification and chemometric discrimination, including the description of other physicochemical parameters.

We look forward to your submissions.

Dr. Robert Gąsior
Prof. Dr. Władysław Migdał
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • poultry meat quality
  • housing conditions
  • welfare
  • stress
  • diseases
  • native breeds
  • regional products
  • flavor
  • sensory analysis
  • olfactometry
  • volatile compounds
  • aroma compounds
  • fatty acids
  • lipids
  • HS-SPME-GC/MS
  • chemometrics
  • classification
  • chemometric discrimination
  • PCA
  • LDA

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The Effect of Phytogenic Additive in Broiler’s Diet on Production Results, Physicochemical Parameters, and the Composition of Volatile Organic Compounds of Broiler Meat Assessed by an Electronic Nose System
by Monika Michalczuk, Paulina Abramowicz-Pindor, Jakub Urban, Damian Bień, Patrycja Ciborowska, Arkadiusz Matuszewski, Anna Zalewska, Eliza Opacka and Iwona Wojtasik-Kalinowska
Animals 2024, 14(16), 2428; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14162428 - 22 Aug 2024
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The primary objective of this study was to investigate the impact of a phytogenic additive (PA) in broiler chickens’ diet on production, physiochemical parameters, and the profile of volatile organic compounds present in broiler chickens’ meat. The experiment was conducted in a commercial [...] Read more.
The primary objective of this study was to investigate the impact of a phytogenic additive (PA) in broiler chickens’ diet on production, physiochemical parameters, and the profile of volatile organic compounds present in broiler chickens’ meat. The experiment was conducted in a commercial chicken house, where Ross 308 broiler chickens were divided into two groups, each consisting of 65,000 broilers. One group was fed a diet supplemented with 100 ppm of PA throughout the rearing period. The primary chemical composition of the meat and its physicochemical parameters were determined. A visual assessment of breast muscles for defects and volatile organic compounds were evaluated using an electronic nose system. No statistically significant differences were shown in the production performance of the chickens; while summarizing all production parameters, a higher EPEF index of 31 points in the experimental group was highlighted. Breast muscle quality showed differences in drip loss and WHC (p ≤ 0.01) in favor of the experimental group, and a lower cutting force value (p ≤ 0.05) was found for breast muscles from the experimental group. The group also had a lower proportion of muscles with a white striping defect, and the results of volatile organic compound profiling showed the most aroma units. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Factors Affecting Poultry Meat Quality and Flavor: Physico-Chemical Attributes and Sensory Evaluation)
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Dietary Paper Mulberry Silage Supplementation Improves the Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Meat Quality of Yangzhou Goose
by Ruhui Wang, Xin Wang, Yi Xiong, Jingwen Cao, Luiz Gustavo Nussio, Kuikui Ni, Yanli Lin, Xuekai Wang and Fuyu Yang
Animals 2024, 14(3), 359; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14030359 - 23 Jan 2024
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There have been few investigations into the health benefits and meat quality of supplementing Yangzhou geese with paper mulberry silage. One hundred and twenty 28-day-old Yangzhou geese were selected for the experiment and randomly divided into two groups: a control group (CON) and [...] Read more.
There have been few investigations into the health benefits and meat quality of supplementing Yangzhou geese with paper mulberry silage. One hundred and twenty 28-day-old Yangzhou geese were selected for the experiment and randomly divided into two groups: a control group (CON) and a paper mulberry silage group (PM), with six replicates in each group. The experiment lasted for a total of 6 weeks. The experiment found that compared with CON, PM had a promoting effect on the average daily weight gain of Yangzhou geese (p = 0.056). Sensory and nutritional analysis of breast muscles revealed a decrease in a* value (p < 0.05) and an increase in protein content (p < 0.05) following PM treatment. Through untargeted metabolomics analysis of breast muscle samples, it was found that 11 different metabolites, including guanidinoacetic acid and other substances, had a positive effect on amino acid metabolism and lipid antioxidant pathways of PM treatment. Overall, the strategy of feeding Yangzhou geese with paper mulberry silage is feasible, which can improve the sensory quality and nutritional value of goose meat. The experiment provides basic data for the application form of goose breeding, so exploring the impact of substances within paper mulberry on goose meat should be focused on in the future. Full article
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Fatty Acid Profile, Volatile Organic Compound, and Physical Parameter Changes in Chicken Breast Meat Affected by Wooden Breast and White Striping Myopathies
by Eglė Lebednikaitė, Dovilė Klupšaitė, Elena Bartkienė, Jolita Klementavičiūtė, Ernestas Mockus, Lina Anskienė, Žana Balčiauskienė and Alius Pockevičius
Animals 2023, 13(19), 3136; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193136 - 7 Oct 2023
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The aim of this research was to determine the impact of pectoralis major myopathies on the physical parameters, fatty acid (FA) profile, and volatile organic compound (VOC) composition of chicken breast meat. Samples were collected from pectoralis major of broilers with varying severity [...] Read more.
The aim of this research was to determine the impact of pectoralis major myopathies on the physical parameters, fatty acid (FA) profile, and volatile organic compound (VOC) composition of chicken breast meat. Samples were collected from pectoralis major of broilers with varying severity scores (normal, mild, and severe) of wooden breast (WB) and white striping (WS) myopathies. Chicken breast meat affected by severe myopathies expressed higher cooking loss, drip loss (p < 0.001), and yellowness (p < 0.05) compared to those of samples that were taken from broilers without myopathies (normal). The amount of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) was significantly higher in samples affected by mild and severe myopathies than in those without myopathies (p < 0.05). There was significantly more aldehyde hexanal in muscles affected by mild and severe myopathies than in muscles without myopathies (p < 0.05). In conclusion, WB and WS myopathies of the breast muscle not only affected the physical parameters of broiler meat but also may have influenced its FA profile and VOC composition. Additionally, an elevated amount of hexanal in muscles affected by WB together with WS suggests that oxidative stress could be important in the etiopathogenesis of WB and WS myopathies. Therefore, poultry meat affected by myopathies have the potential to alter breast meat flavor and composition. Full article
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