Liha töötlemine
1998).
being major consumers (Casiraghi et al. In this regard, the appearance of modern
2007). There are different manufacturing tumbled hams is essential in the industry.
technologies for the production of cooked Modern hams are characterized by a milder
ham, depending on the raw materials and the flavor than traditional hams, such as Wiltshire,
processing conditions, which are discussed in Bradenham, and York (Nute et al. 1987). The
this chapter. modern hams contain less meat and more
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water, although the final quality mainly fat is very important for flavor development,
depends on the raw material and the process- while the composition in fatty acids mainly
ing conditions used