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Abstract
Under effect of heat, the tuna dark muscle becomes loose, increasing of water-loss as well as reducing the size of protein gel of minced dark muscle. This study evaluated the effect of some co-gelators (modified starch (MS) and soybean protein (SPC)) on hardness, weight-loss and size-shrinkage of protein gel after heating. The research results show that there is a significant influence of the co-gelator on the water holding capacity or the size-loss of heat-induced protein gel. The influence of MS is stronger than that of SPC, the water holding capacity can be reduced by about 5 or 6 times and the size-shrinkage is reduced by about 2.6 or 4.5 times with an added rate of MS or SPC of 6%. The hardness of protein gel increased with increasing of added co-gelator. SPC was better than MS on the hardness of protein gel, the hardness can be increased 4.8 times or 1.6 times when adding 6% SPC or MS.
Keywords: breaking force, modified starch, soy protein, tuna dark muscle, weight-loss