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meat with salt or by adding nonmeat proteins very little to this process.
at the surface. If the natural proteins in the The surface protein matrix can also be
meat are to provide the matrix needed for created by the use of nonmeat protein binders
binding, their extraction can be achieved by or by the use of pressure, alone or in combi-
mixing, tumbling, or massaging the meat nation with meat homogenates. The use of
pieces with salt alone or with polyphos- pressure is based on the results of a number
phates. The salt can also be sprinkled very of studies that indicate that pressure can be
lightly on the surface of the muscles without used to alter the properties of muscle proteins
any form of agitation, particularly in restruc- (Cheftel and Culioli 1997; Colmenero 2002),
turing large pieces of cuts with minimum including increased solubility, aggregation,