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Evaluating the effect of cooking temperature and time on collagen characteristics and the texture of hog maw.

This study evaluated the texture of hog maw and the degradation of type I and type III collagen in the intramuscular connective tissue (IMCT) of hog maw at different cooking temperatures (75-95 °C) and times (50-130 min). The cooking loss, shear force, collagen content, collagen solubility, and IMCT strength of hog maw cooked in water baths were measured. The instrumental texture profile analysis showed that the brittleness, springiness, chewiness and hardness of the cooked hog maw significantly increased with the increase of cooking temperature, while the hardness, springiness and chewiness increased first and then decreased with increasing cooking time. Cooking loss exhibited an 38 % increase between the raw meat and meat cooked at 95 °C. The collagen solubility significantly increased from 5.5 mg/g for raw meat to 8.6 mg/g for meat cooked at 95 °C, accompanied by decreases in the shear force and IMCT strength associated with the increase in cooking temperature and time. These results show that the texture and collagen characteristics of hog maw are dramatically affected by the cooking temperature and time. SDS electrophoresis and immunofluorescence staining further showed that collagen degradation occurred after cooking, and the degradation of type I collagen was higher than that of type III collagen. These results indicated that the degradation of type I collagen was mainly responsible for the sensory and textural improvements of the cooked hog maw. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.