Herrero Herranz, Ana MaríaOrdóñez Pereda, Juan AntonioRomero De Ávila Hidalgo, María DoloresHerranz Hernández, María BeatrizHoz Perales, Lorenzo De LaCambero Rodríguez, María Isabel2024-01-162024-01-162007-03-29Herrero, A. M., Ordóñez, J. A., de Avila, R., Herranz, B., de la Hoz, L., & Cambero, M. I. (2007). Breaking strength of dry fermented sausages and their correlation with texture profile analysis (TPA) and physico-chemical characteristics. Meat science, 77(3), 331–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.03.0220309-174010.1016/j.meatsci.2007.03.022https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/93425In order to assess its usefulness for monitoring textural properties of dry fermented sausages (chorizo, salchichon, salami, fuet and mini-fuet) the determination of breaking strength (BS) was evaluated. Texture profile analysis (TPA) and physico-chemical measurements (pH, aw, dry matter, fat content) were also performed. The BS determined by tensile test and TPA analysis produced complementary information that allowed these meat products to be grouped according to four different textural profiles. These profiles were characterized (p<0.05) by the values of BS, hardness, adhesiveness, cohesiveness and springiness. Multivariate analysis confirmed that BS and TPA parameters were correlated significantly (p<0.00005). On basis of these results, TPA parameters could be used to construct regression models to predict BS and therefore, to obtain a more complete textural property description of the dry fermented sausages. The resulting regression model was BS=-0.777+0.728∗adhesiveness-16881∗cohesiveness+1884.61∗springiness+0.042∗hardness (R(2)=0.634, p<0.00005).engAttribution 4.0 Internationaljournal article1873-4138https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0309174007001131open access663/665Tensile testTexture profile analysisBreaking strengthDry fermented sausagesTecnología de los alimentos3309 Tecnología de Los Alimentos