o:144 Characterisation of changes in physicochemical, textural and microbiological properties of Njeguška sausage during ripening en The purpose of this paper was to investigate effect of ripening time on physicochemical, textural and microbiological roperties of Njeguška (dry fermented sausage) during ripening and to conduct sensory and free fatty acid characterization of final product. Ripening time significantly (p \0.05) affected all physicochemical parameters. Moisture content dropped below national regulation limit (35%) after 12 days, which indicates that production process could be shortened for 4 days. Total weight loss was 36.34%. Due to its final pH (5.54), Njegus ˇ ka can be classified as low-acid sausage which microbial safety mostly relies on its low water activity (\0.80). Final TBARS value was 0.27 mg MDA/kg. Levels of tyramine (36.9 mg/kg) and putrescine (16.7 mg/kg) were the highest among all biogenic amines while levels of remaining amines were under 5 mg/kg. Hardness, gumminess and chewiness significantly (p \0.05) increased during processing to reach final values of 65.59 N, 33.60 N and 19.12 N, respectively. Ripening time had significant effect on color (L **,a and b*) of surface, meat and fat parts which were all measured separately. Total viable count, lactic acid bacteria and Micrococcaceae counts increased from 5.11 log cfu/g, 3.90 log cfu/g and 2.41 log cfu/g to 7.96 log cfu/g, 7.04 log cfu/g and 4.86 log cfu/g, respectively. Results of sensory characterization showed high scores for smoky flavor, consistency, fattiness, fat/meat cohesiveness and saltiness while lactic acid odor and overall acidity were rated low. Identifikator monografske publikacije: DOI 10.1007/s13197-020-04862-z 2022-04-28T07:22:54.167Z 44 yes 46 Stefan Simunović Institute of meat Hygiene and technology Characterisation of changes in physicochemical, textural and microbiological properties of Njeguška sausage during ripening 0000-0002-7249-7891 Vesna Đorđević Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology Characterisation of changes in physicochemical, textural and microbiological properties of Njeguška sausage during ripening person 0009-0008-5187-4089 Francisco J. Barba Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Food Sciencs, Toxicology and Forensic Medicine Department, University of Valencia Characterisation of changes in physicochemical, textural and microbiological properties of Njeguška sausage during ripening person Jose M. Lorenzo Centro Tecnolo ´ gico de La Carne de Galicia, Parque Tecnologico de Galicia Characterisation of changes in physicochemical, textural and microbiological properties of Njeguška sausage during ripening person Mladen Rašeta Instiute of meat hygiene and technology Characterisation of changes in physicochemical, textural and microbiological properties of Njeguška sausage during ripening person 0000-0001-9860-6681 Saša Janković Institute of meat hygiene and technology Characterisation of changes in physicochemical, textural and microbiological properties of Njeguška sausage during ripening person 0000-0002-5223-6993 Igor Tomašević Department of Animal Source Food Technology, University of Belgrade, Characterisation of changes in physicochemical, textural and microbiological properties of Njegus ˇ ka sausage during ripening person application/pdf 510254 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:144 no yes 1 70 92000001 71A01 Journal of Food Science and Technology 58 3993 4001 Springer 2020