Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.31727/m.20.2.2
Content of sugar in meat products from the Croatian market
Darja Katulić
; Odjel za biotehnologiju, Sveučilište u Rijeci, Hrvatska
Mladenka Malenica Staver
; Odjel za biotehnologiju, Sveučilište u Rijeci, Hrvatska
Jadranka Frece
; Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Ksenija Markov
; Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Lidija Kozačinski
; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Željka Cvrtila
; Veterinarski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Greta Krešić
; Fakultet za menadžment u turizmu i ugostiteljstvu u Opatija, Sveučilište u Rijeci, Hrvatska
Lidija Dergestin Bačun
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Tina Lešić
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Jelka Pleadin
orcid.org/0000-0002-0768-0462
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Sugars are used in the production of meat products to produce lactic acid and to achieve specific sensory properties, thus ensuring the quality and stability of the final product. The aim of this paper was to determine the differences in sucrose, glucose and fructose sugar levels in meat products from different categories available on the Croatian market. A total of 140 samples were analyzed from the category of fermented (n = 41) and heat treated (n = 82) sausages and dry cured meat products (n = 17). For the determination of the sugar level, a validated enzyme method was used. Within each of the three investigated categories the highest sucrose content (0.21-0.87%) was determined, followed by fructose (0.10-0.39%) and the lowest glucose (0.05-0.06%). The total sugar content, as a sum of sucrose, fructose and glucose, was 1.32% in the category of heat treated sausages, 0.36% in fermented sausages and 0.47% in dry cured meat products. The results of the research indicate the variation in the quantity of added sugar in meat products from the Croatian market, with total shares ranging from 1 to 2%, depending on the type of product and the producer's recipe, according to the literature of other authors for the same category of meat products.
Keywords
sugars; meat products; lactic acid bacteria; sensory properties
Hrčak ID:
196220
URI
Publication date:
20.3.2018.
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