Recep Palamutoğlu, Cemal Kasnak, Buket Özen Ünaldı, Sabire Duman, Ayşegül Türk Baydır
RESEARCH BACKGROUND: Meat and meat products are essential sources of dietary saturated fatty acids. However, excessive consumption of meat and meat products may be harmful to human health. The study evaluates the effect of fat replacement with hydrogels (olive oil in water emulsions gelled by gelatine) in meatballs. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: The effect of replacing fat with different ratios of hydrogel (control, 25 (F25), 50 (F50), 75 (F75) and 100 % (F100)) on the chemical (fatty acids and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS)) and physical (cooking loss, diameter reduction, fat retention, water retention, colour and texture analysis) characteristics of the meatballs were analyzed...
March 2024: Food Technology and Biotechnology