Abstract
Response surface methodology was used to determine how interactions of pressure (150–500 MPa), time (10–30 min) and temperature (0–75°C) affected gelling of sardine washed mince (2.5% NaCl) as compared with conventional heat processing at atmospheric pressure. The best conditions for optimum rheological parameters were pressure around 300 MPa, chilled temperature (< 10°C) and short processing times (10 min). Pressurizing considerably improved the rheological values of a mince which exhibited low gel‐forming ability under conventional heat treatment.

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