Improving the Sensory and Nutritional Quality of Fresh Meat

Understanding of the scientific basis of quality attributes in meat is becoming more advanced, providing more effective approaches to the control of meat eating and technological quality. This important collection reviews essential knowledge of the mechanisms underlying quality characteristics and methods to improve meat sensory and nutritional quality. An introductory section analyses the scientific basis of meat quality attributes, such as texture, colour and flavour. The following part covers the important area of genetic and genomic influences on meat quality. Final chapters assess production and processing influences on meat quality, such as dietary antioxidants and carcass interventions.Dr Joseph Kerry is a college lecturer at University College Cork and Head of the Food Packaging Research Group. Professor David Ledward is Emeritus Professor of Food Science in the University of Reading and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Meat Science.