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1
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What is meat?

A

animal tissue that are suitable for use as food

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2
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2 types of meat

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red/dark meat and white meat

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3
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4 big meat animals in the world

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chicken, cow, pig, and sheep

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Carcass

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product of the slaughtering process which removes blood, viscera, head, hair, skin, and other tissues from the living animal

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Dressing percentage (DP)

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Percent of the live animal that ends up as a carcass (usually carried out on hot carcass weight)

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6
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Carcass percentage of live weight for animals

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Pig - 70%
Cattle - 60%
Sheep - 50%
Chicken - 72%

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7
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Carcass-cutting yield

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Percentage of the carcass that actually ends up as meat

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8
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Specific cuts

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packed into barrels with salt and sent by ships

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Hanging sides

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sent on refrigerated rail cars

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Primal cuts

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sent to butchers

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Beef primal cuts

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chuck, brisket, rib, plate, short loin, flank, sirloin, tenderloin, top sirloin, bottom sirloin, round, shank

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12
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What meat is the least tender?

A

Muscles that function in locomotion and posture (round and shank)

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13
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Most tender primal cut

A

tenderloin

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Middle meat

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Includes the loin and rib sections that are the most tender and the most expensive

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15
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Rib example

A

Prime rib

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16
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Loin example

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T-bone steak

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17
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Sirloin example

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Trip tip steak

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18
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Pork primal cuts

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Jowl, shoulder blade (boston butt), picnic shoulder, loin, spare rib, belly, ham, foot

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19
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What is the meat quality is influenced by>

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Point along meat quality chain contributes to final quality (slaughter, genetics)

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20
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What is responsible for meat colour?

A

Myoglobin (stores oxygen in the muscle)

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21
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What does myoglobin consist of?

A

globular protein portion and non-protein porphyrin ring

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22
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Reduced myoglobin

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makes meat a purple colour

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23
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Oxymyoglobin

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makes meat bright red

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24
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Metmyoglobin

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makes meat brown

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25
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Vacuum packaged meat cuts

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allows for shipment of fresh, never-frozen meat (often has purplish red colour)

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26
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Oxygen permeable film

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high oxygen-modified atmosphere packaging (often bright cherry red colour)

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27
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What is the main pigment in very fresh meat?

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deoxymyoglobin or oxymyoglobin

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28
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What affects the quantity of myoglobin?

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varies with age, species, and muscle type

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29
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Factors affecting meat colour

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  • Quantity and chemical state of myoglobin
  • packaging methods and storage
  • exposure to oxygen and pH decline
  • antioxidants and microbial load
  • water holding capacity
  • processing and curing
30
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What does cooking do to meat?

A

denatures myoglobin which is responsible for brown cooked meat colour

31
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What temperature does meat need to be cooked at?

A

71 degrees celsius

32
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What is responsible for pink colour of cured meat?

A

Nitrate (NO2)

33
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Cooked cured meat pigment

A

nitrosyl hemochrome

34
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Water holding capacity

A

ability of meat to hold its own and added water against any applied force

35
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Pale soft and exudative meat (PSE)

A

has pale colour, low water holding capacity, reduced yield

36
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Dark firm and dry meat

A

has dark meat, shorter shelf life but enhanced water holding capacity. Leads to poor flavour in cooked meat and meat products

37
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Causes of PSE meat

A
  • genetics
  • environmental/management
    (more common in pigs than cattle, sometimes seen in poultry)
38
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Causes of DFD meat

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Environmental/management factors like glycogen depletion

39
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Four main carcass tissues

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  • Muscular tissue
  • Fatty tissue
  • Bones
  • Connective tissues, tendons, and blood vessels
40
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Muscle tissue

A

30-50% of live weight
Is affected by age, sex, breed and plane of nutrition

41
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What is the most important component of meat?

A

The muscle

42
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3 levels of organization in muscle

A

endomysium, perimysium, and epimysium

43
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Endomysium

A

Surrounds individual muscle fiber

44
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Perimysium

A

Surrounds bundles of fiber

45
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Epimysium

A

contains the whole muscle

46
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Myofibril

A

made up of sarcomere units which contain thick and thin filaments

47
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The more stretched a sarcomere is, the more _______

A

tender

48
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Connective tissues

A

type of biological tissue that supports, connects, or separates different types of tissues and organic in the body (contributes to toughness of meat cuts)

49
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2 types of connective tissues

A
  • connective tissue proper
  • specialized connective tissue
50
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Fat/adipose tissue

A

fat occurring in specialized connective tissue

51
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4 major depots of fat tissue

A

subcutaneous - outside of carcass
intermuscular - between muscles
intramuscular - within a muscle (marbling)
perinephic (kidney and mental (visceral) fat

52
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Bone tissue

A

around 15-30% of the carcass weight

53
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Meat composition of T-bone steak

A

Water 51g
protein 29g
fat 17g
ash 1%
Kcal 182-243

54
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Meat composition of beef round steak

A

water 72g
protein 23g
fat 3g
ash 1%
Kcal 150

55
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Major component of tenderness

A
  • Muscle fibre-related
  • connective tissue related
56
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Minor component of tenderness

A

adipose tissue

57
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Mechanical disruption

A

disrupting the muscle structure by pounding, grinding, blade tenderizing

58
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Olfactory and gustatory cues

A

taste and aroma

59
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Basic processing procedures

A

curing and comminution

60
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Comminution

A

breaks down connective tissue and fat

61
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Maximum fat levels in beef

A

extra lean - 10% fat
lean - 17% fat
medium - 23% fat
regular - 30% fat

62
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Whose responsibility is meat expection?

A

Canadian food inspection agency (CFIA)

63
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Grading

A

Grading done on carcasses that places different values on them for pricing

64
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Purpose of grading

A

Facilitate trade, ensure producers receive fair return, and define common carcass quality objectives

65
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2 parts of beef grading

A
  1. quality grade
  2. yield grade
66
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Highest quality beef

A

Canada prime

67
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Quality grades

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‘A’ - retail leave meat with minimal marbling
‘B’ - youthful carcasses that don’t meet one or more of criteria
‘D’ - not youthful
‘E’ - mature bulls

68
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Pork grading system

A

Pork with the highest lean yield and a particular weight range will receive highest index and command the highest price

69
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Poultry grading system

A

Canada A grade (best)
Canada utility grade (major tears or missing skin)
Canada C grade (mature birds)

70
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Meat industry trends

A
  • case ready or retail ready
  • more branded meat items
  • On-package production claims
  • changing consumer demographics

AGRC 112 - Food Production (7 decks)

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