Contribution of pigment content, myoglobin forms and internal reflectance to the colour of pork loin and ham from pure breed pigs.

The colour of loin, M. longissimus dorsi (LD), and ham, M. biceps femoris (BF), from pure breed Hampshire, Swedish Landrace and Swedish Yorkshire pigs was studied. The contribution of the pigment content, the myoglobin forms deoxymyoglobin (Mb), oxymyoglobin (MbO) and metmyoglobin (MetMb) and the internal reflectance to the colour of pork of normal meat quality was evaluated using partial least squares regression (PLS). The colour of LD and BF from the Hampshire breed was more red and yellow and more saturated than the colour of the same muscles from the Swedish Landrace and the Swedish Yorkshire breeds. Furthermore, BF from Hampshire was darker than BF from the other two breeds. These differences in colour were related to the lower pH in Hampshire, resulting in more blooming and in higher internal reflectance, and to the higher pigment content. The colour of BF was darker and more red than the colour of LD within each breed. No colour difference was found between gilts and castrates within each breed. Most of the variation (86-90%) in lightness (L* value), redness (a* value) and yellowness (b* value), chroma (saturation) and hue angle of pork of normal meat quality was explained by the pigment content, myoglobin forms and internal reflectance. The L* value, a* value, chroma and hue angle were influenced by both the pigment content and by the myoglobin forms to almost the same extent, while the internal reflectance was of no significance to these colour parameters. The b* value was influenced most by the myoglobin forms, less by the internal reflectance and almost not at all by the pigment content.

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