Liha töötlemine
insoluble even in solutions of high salt con- less binding properties. Different kinds of
centration constitute the stromal fraction. meat—beef, pork, veal, poultry—can be used
The main ones are elastine and collagen con- in finely comminuted products. Beef has the
tained in the connective tissue. Proteins that highest binding properties compared with
are soluble in water or dilute salt solutions pork or poultry, but pork is often used (Heinz
constitute the sarcoplasmatic fraction. There 2007).
are around fifty sarcoplasmatic proteins,
which represent 30% to 35% of the total
Influence of Processing Treatment
muscle proteins. They have very weak
binding properties, but they participate to sta- High pH or the addition of NaCl or polyphos-
bilize the emulsion by lowering the interfa- phates prerigor decrease the actine-myosine