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. 2022 Jan 27;11(3):370.
doi: 10.3390/foods11030370.

Evaluation of Commercial Meat Products of Red Chicken Reared under LED Lights

Martina Colapietro  1 , Andrea Ianni  1 , Francesca Bennato  1 , Giuseppe Martino  1
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Evaluation of Commercial Meat Products of Red Chicken Reared under LED Lights

Martina Colapietro et al. Foods. .

Abstract

The objective of our study was to investigate the role of three different light-color temperatures of Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) [Neutral (K=3300-3700); Warm (K=3000-2500) and Cool (K=5500-6000)] on the qualitative attributes of breast meat obtained from male AZ Extra Heavy Red chickens. The comparison was made with meat deriving from chickens reared in the presence of classic neon lighting (Control). The meat was analyzed for the determination of both physical and chemical properties (cooking loss, moisture, total lipids and fatty acid composition). Furthermore, meat samples subjected to cooking were also analyzed for the identification of volatile compounds produced during the process; such evaluation was performed both immediately after cooking (T0) and after 7 days (T7) of cooked-meat storage at 4 °C. Cooking-loss values were higher for samples from chickens raised with Neutral LED (p < 0.05) compared to the other groups. For the fatty acid profiles of the meat, higher values were found for monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) such as C18:1, C9 and C16:1 in Cool LED compared to the Control. Regarding the volatile profile of cooked meat, compounds belonging to the families of aldehydes, alcohols, ketones, and aromatic compounds were identified. Compounds belonging to the aldehyde family, such as hexanal, increased in Cool LED samples at T0 in comparison to the Control. On the other hand, the amounts of 1-Pentanol, 1-Octanol and 2-Octen-1-ol, which belong to the alcohol family, increased at T7 in Cool LED samples compared to the Warm LED. In conclusion, LED lighting showed to be effective in inducing significant variations on chicken breast meat ready to be introduced to the market, in particular regarding fatty acid profiles and the accumulation of volatile compounds. However more in-depth evaluation is needed for the identification of modifications regarding the sensorial sphere, which could have an impact on the consumer acceptability of the product.

Keywords: breast meat; fatty acid; light-emitting diodes; volatile profile.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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