肉用发色剂替代品研究进展

Research progress on new type colorant in meat industry

肉制品加工过程中适当添加非色素性的发色剂或护色剂,使其呈现良好的色泽。至今最为广泛使用的是亚硝酸盐,但是亚硝酸盐可导致急性毒性,且肉中添加的亚硝酸盐过量时残留的亚硝基具有致癌性。简述肉类加工行业中的常用发色剂,介绍最近研究中发现的能较好的替代或部分替代硝酸盐及亚硝酸盐作用的物质。

In food industry, some non - pigment colorants are usually used to make the meat products more bright -colored. The most frequently used colorant in meat processing is nitrite in recent years, but nitrite can result in acute toxicity and it is carcinogenic. So it has health hazards. In this article, the colorants in common use in meat processing industry and the research progress on new type colorants were summarized.