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What is chilling?

1.Chilling
 Chilling is the process of cooling foods in the
refrigerator or a cooling machine.
 And kept in a temperature between -1 to 8°C.
 Chilling process reduces the initial temperature of
the products and maintains the final temperature
of products for a prolonged period of time .
 It is used to reduce the rate of biochemical and
microbiological changes.
Titles

Effect of immersion or air chilling on


broiler carcass moisture retention and
breast fillet functionality.
Comparison of air and immersion chilling
on meat quality and shelf life of
marinated broiler breast fillets.
Water chilling & Air chilling
Abstract
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of chilling method on
broiler carcass skin color, moisture retention, breast fillet quality, and
functionality.
One hundred fifty eviscerated broiler carcasses were removed from a
commercial processing line before chilling, transported to the
laboratory, weighed, and chilled by dry air or immersion in ice
water.
Post chill carcasses we reweighed for moisture uptake or loss and held
on ice at 4°C for 24 h. Carcass skin color was measured immediately after
chilling and after storage.
After storage, fillets were deboned, marinated, and cooked.
Fillet color was measured on the medial surface before marinating
and after cooking.
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 After 150 minutes of air chilling, carcasses lost 2.5% of
prechill weight, and weight loss ranged from 2.2 to 3.5%.
 Moisture uptake during immersion averaged 9.3% of the
prechill weight but varied widely with range of 3.4 to
14.7%.
 Immediately after chilling, breast skin for immersion-
chilled carcasses was significantly lighter , less red , and less
yellow than the breast skin color for air-chilled carcasses.
Storage time improved appearance (lighter skin color) of air-
chilled carcasses.
 Cook yield for fillets deboned from immersion-chilled
carcasses was significantly lower than fillets from air-chilled
carcasses.
Objective
 The primary objective of chilling poultry is to reduce
microbial growth to a level that will maximize both food
safety and shelf life.
 The 2 most common methods of chilling broilers are
immersion chilling, in which the product is immersed in
chilled (0 to 4°C) water, and air chilling, in which carcasses
are misted with water in a room with circulating chilled air.
 Immersion-chilled carcasses can absorb water in the skin and
surrounding fat during chilling.
 Immersion chillers are usually counter-current flow, in which
the carcasses and water flow in opposite directions to
maximize chilling rate.
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 Because of the temperature gradient created with this
counter-current immersion flow system, the carcasses
can retain some water.
 Processors will be required to list clearly either the
percentage of retained water or the maximum
percentage of absorbed water on each product label.
 In air chilling, cold air instead of water is used as a
chilling medium.
 Air is blown over cooling elements and then circulated
around the room at a fairly high speed.
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 Advantages of using air chilling include no moisture
pickup and a drier product that does not show much
exudation when packed in trays.
 Immersion-chilled carcasses absorbed 11.7% moisture
during chilling and retained 6.00% of that moisture
during cutting and 3.90% during post cutting storage.
While, air-chilled carcasses lost an average of 0.68% of
their post slaughter weight during storage.
 Some processors also claim that the microbial quality
of the air-chilled product is better than that of a water-
chilled product.
Materials and Methods
Following two types of equipments are mainly used
for chilling foods in food industry:
Mechanical refrigerators
Cryogenic chillers
Methods of analysis:
Color measurement
Determination of moisture
pH measurement
Determination of cooking loss

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