Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Substituting your Meat at mealtimes: Part 7: Meatballs and nuggets – texture comparison

Multiple puncture probe - meatball testDespite the simplicity of penetration tests when faced with a non-homogeneous product, penetration is highly compromised as a smaller surface area for measurement is also more sensitive to variations in sample structure and low reproducibility and misleading data is obtained. 

Results may show a wide variance between maximum and minimum forces depending on whether the probe meets with, for example, internal structure variation such as is usually present in meat products.