Factors influencing the particle size distribution of flaked meat. I. Effect of temperature, aperture size and prebreaking before flaking

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Summary: Steer chuck and blade were pre‐broken by grinding at −3.0°C and −7.0°C, re‐tempered to −3.0°C and −7.0°C, respectively, and then flaked through aperture sizes of 6.1 mm, 9.9 mm or 19.0 mm. Meat was also flaked at −3.0°C without being pre‐broken.More ice melted at the lower temperature; the gain in enthalpy was also higher at −7°C than at −3°C. Size measurements, made using video image analysis, showed that particles produced at the lower temperature had a smaller mean diameter and a greater surface area. Of the three factors investigated, temperature was the most important influence on particle thickness. For a given feed material there was a good correlation between mean diameter and aperture size.High speed photography results showed that pre‐broken meat tended to break‐up more readily on the impeller than intact pieces, resulting in pieces of smaller mean diameter.