BellyQTech: Grading and assessment of the overall quality of pork belly by means of non-destructive technologies and consumers’ perception
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Starting date:
01/01/2019
End date:
31/12/2021
Programme:
Food Quality and Technology
Principal investigator:
Financing entities:
The general objectives of the project are:
- To obtain a global pattern for belly classification according to their morphometric, mechanical, compositional and nutritional quality measured non-destructively.
- To study how the belly quality is affected by several characteristics of the pig and of the post mortem conditions.
- To increase the shelf life of classified retail sliced belly.
- Quality prediction of retailed sliced belly using a nondestructive analytical method.
- Understanding of the overall value perception of consumers with regard to pork belly
