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Bioimpedance-based authentication of defrosted versus fresh pork at the end of refrigerated shelf life Cover

Bioimpedance-based authentication of defrosted versus fresh pork at the end of refrigerated shelf life

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|Jan 2023

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Figure 2

Individual impedance response spectra and Py values indicate almost complete separation of refrigerated and subsequently frozen-thawed pork samples (N=20 for each test group and one specific electrode position). A. Impedance spectra before freezing (refrigerated) and after thawing (frozen-thawed). B. Histogram plot of Py values for all pork sirloin samples, as extracted from one specific position measurement.

Figure 1

Measuring the bioimpedance of sirloin cuts. Four different positions were chosen for the electrode, two with the electrode inserted perpendicular to the anterior-posterior axis of the LTL (A, B; approximately also perpendicular to the main muscle fiber direction) and two positions along the anterior-posterior axis (C, D; approximately in line with the main muscle fiber direction C, D). The side facing the camera is the dorsal side of the LTL muscle (depicted axes: anterior/posterior & left/right).

Figure 3

Individual impedance phase angle responses in pork before and after freezing-thawing (N=20 per treatment group). A. The phase angle of refrigerated and frozen-thawed meat measured in one specific position. B. The distribution of phase angle values at 110 kHz reveals apparent differences between refrigerated and frozen-thawed samples.

Summary of the analyzed full factorial design (ANOVA) with Py as response and a two-level factor encoding for potentially confounding effects (R/FT = refrigerated/frozen-thawed; On/Al = electrode position ‘on-top’ into back muscle/see Fig_ 1C, D versus ‘along’, through back muscle/see Fig_ 1A, B; Pos = Position of electrode, left and right side of the sample; * = p > 0_2)_

PyVariablesExplained variance (adj.) (%)p-value
Main factorsR/FT12.8<0.001
On/Al-*

Pos
0.2
0.051
InteractionF/FT. On/Al-*
F/FT. Pos1.40.106

On/Al.Pos
-
*
CovariatesDriploss (22.5 ± 1.2g)-**
Weight (335.4 ±7.4g)3.70.009

pH (5.22 ± 0.01)
-
*
Error 79.5-
Language: English
Page range: 125 - 131
Submitted on: Sep 29, 2022
Published on: Jan 14, 2023
Published by: University of Oslo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2023 Daniel E. Osen, Sisay Mebre Abie, Ørjan G. Martinsen, Bjørg Egelandsdal, Daniel Münch, published by University of Oslo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.