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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1998; Beef; Dry aging; Meat sensory attributes; Meat physical attributes; Microbiology
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Dry Aging: An Old Process Revisited, R.E. Campbell, Melvin C. Hunt
Dry Aging: An Old Process Revisited, R.E. Campbell, Melvin C. Hunt
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Dry aging of beef cuts, once considered the "gold standard" for premium palatability, is practiced by only a few processors. We were asked by a major southern meat purveyor to study variables of dry-aging processing. Detailed sensory analyses of flavor, juiciness, and tenderness clearly indicated that beef loins dry aged for 14 and 21 days were superior for all three traits to a product vacuum aged for 14 days and to a product dry aged for 7 days. In addition, dry- aged steaks could be vacuum packaged and stored for up to 16 days without losses in palatability. Dry aging …