The effect of the dry aging process on the beef color

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of beef dry aging for 14, 21, 28 and 35 days on the color change through L*, a* and b* values. For analysis, Simmental beef was cut, sliced from the carcass: T-bons and Ribeye. Fresh meat and dried aged meat (14, 21, 28, 35 days) in the aging room with controlled parameters: temperature (1±1 °C), relative humidity (80±5 %) and of air circulation speed (0.5-2 m/s) were subjected to determinations. Meat color parameters was performed with Konica Minolta Colorimeter.