Consumers may purchase poultry products based on colour/appearance, drip loss, flavour, texture, shelf-life, nutritional value, etc., or a combination of any of these factors. Many of these factors are linked to the oxidative status of the animal while it is alive.
Oxidative stability determines not only performance and liveability of chickens, but also their meat quality post-slaughter. It improves shelf life and can be achieved by providing a combination of bioavailable antioxidants to optimise antioxidant capacity during the production phase.
By Dr Alison Leary, Alltech technical manager – Asia Pacific
The variability of customer perception makes it very difficult to define meat quality. In some cases customers may purchase based on colour/appe
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