Effects of dietary α-tocopheryl acetate supplementation on α-tocopherol deposition in porcine m. psoas major and m. longissimus dorsi and on drip loss, colour stability and oxidative stability of pork meat

C Jensen; J Guider; I M Skovgaar; H Staun; L H Skibsted; S K Jensen; A J Møller; J Buckley; G Bertelsen

doi:10.1016/s0309-1740(96)00130-1

Effects of dietary α-tocopheryl acetate supplementation on α-tocopherol deposition in porcine m. psoas major and m. longissimus dorsi and on drip loss, colour stability and oxidative stability of pork meat

Meat Sci. 1997 Apr;45(4):491-500. doi: 10.1016/s0309-1740(96)00130-1.

Authors

C Jensen¹, J Guider, I M Skovgaar, H Staun, L H Skibsted, S K Jensen, A J Møller, J Buckley, G Bertelsen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dairy and Food Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Rolighedsvej 30, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.

PMID: 22061672
DOI: 10.1016/s0309-1740(96)00130-1

Abstract

The effect of feeding supra-nutritional levels of α-tocopheryl acetate on its deposition in two porcine muscles of different metabolic rates (m. longissimus dorsi and m. psoas major) and the effect on meat quality (lipid oxidation, colour stability and drip loss) was studied. Pigs were fed a standard diet supplemented with three levels: 100, 200 and 700 mg/kg of α-tocopheryl acetate from the time of weaning to slaughter at 90kg live weight. Muscle α-tocopherol levels were linearly related to the logarithm of dietary α-tocopheryl acetate supplementation and the linear relationship was estimated for the two muscles. The levels of α-tocopherol in the two muscles differed by a parallel displacement with consistently higher α-tocopherol levels in m. psoas major compared to m. longissimus dorsi. Dietary α-tocopheryl acetate supplementation significantly reduced lipid oxidation as measured by thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) in both raw and cooked meat during storage at 4 °C for 6 days. Drip loss and colour stability of raw muscles were not affected by dietary α-tocopheryl acetate levels, 100mg α-tocopheryl acetate/ kg feed resulted in sufficient α-tocopherol levels in muscles to ensure minimum drip loss and optimum colour stability.