The study of bioactive environment influence on properties of raw materials of animal origin

The work provides the method of horsemeat tenderizing by natural sources of organic acids. It proves the possibility of biotechnological capacity of sea-buckthorn juice and whey for improvement of meat functional and technological properties and its structural and mechanical characteristics. The optimal conditions for the formation of structural and mechanical characteristics are experimentally determined. The moisture connecting ability, extent of horsemeat fibers’ swelling and its functional and technological properties are investigated in the research. The indicator of the cut effort is used to assess the degree of meat rigidity. The studies have proved the possibility to use food acids in sea buckthorn juice and whey to improve the functional and technological properties and the structural and mechanical properties of raw materials of animal origin. It has been established that the tenderization of horsemeat raw materials by sea-buckthorn juice and curd whey in the ratio 2: 1 within 6 hours is optimum.