LIPIDS STABILITY IN FROZEN MINCED BEEF AS AFFECTED BY SYNTHETIC (BHT) AND NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS PREPARED FROM SPEARMINT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Desert Research Centre, Mataria, Cairo, Egypt

2 Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

To avoid the possiblity of toxicity due to synthetic antioxidants such as butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT), spearmint, which is common aromatic herb used for flavoring foods in Egypt was employed to prepare two extracts; purified ether extract (PEE) and purified n-hexan/ ethylalcohol extract (PHAE); which were used at 0.02 as natural antioxi­dants during frozen - storage of minced beef or beef -soyprotein con­centrate "SPC" at - 180°C for 6 months . the resutis of thiobarbituric acid (TBA), peroxide (PV) and acid (AV) values revealed. that both natu­ral antioxidants (PEE and PHAE) were more potent than BHT, with higher effect of PEE than PHAE. In this connection (SPC) showed slight, but cer­tain antioxidant potentiality . Samples with PHAE SPC were less potent than PEE samples with respect to development of both lipids oxidation and free fatty acids contents.