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The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of thawed silver carp in refrigerator. Silver carps were kept in -18°c for 3 months pre and post rigor mortis. After thawing they were kept in refrigerator for 12 days, meanwhile quality assessment of fishes was performed in days of 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 by measuring chemical (FFA, TBA, TVB-N, Expressible moisture, pH and moisture contents), microbial (Total viable counts) and sensory factors (Raw and cooked fish). Freezing post rigor mortis and increasing storage time led to increase of FFA, TBA, TVN, Expressible moisture and pH contents, but decrease of moisture content. Although TVB-N elevated by increasing refrigerated storage, but its content for post-rigor frozen fishes was more than pre-rigor frozen fishes. Also, Total viable counts showed higher bacterial numbers in pos-rigor frozen fishes (p<0.05). Although silver carps were edible during 12 days, but sensory analyses of raw and cooked fishes indicated unsuitable quality of silver carps after 6 and 3 days in pre- and post-rigor frozen samples, respectively. Therefore, based on obtained results, freezing of silver carps before the onset of rigor resulted in increase of their shelf life during refrigerated storage

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In this study, the effect of different amounts of rainbow trout bone micropowder (concentrations of 0.5, 1 and 2%) on the shelf life (the rate of formation of secondary fat oxidation compounds, total volatile nitrogen compounds, water holding capacity, color parameters) and the gel quality (hardness, chewing, cohesiveness and folding characteristics) of the largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) were examined during 15 days of refrigeration. Addition of bone micropowder to the gels prepared from hairtail fish, affected some of the gels properties. The results showed that with increasing the amount of bone micropowder in surimi gels, the amount of thiobarbituric acid (as the most important indicator of advanced degradation due to fat oxidation) was lower than to control group, which indicates the inhibitory effect of micropowder on lipid oxidation in the prepared surimi. In terms of color parameters, the results showed that horsetail fish gels containing bone micropowder had a darker color than the control. In the Folding Test, the horsetail gel containing bone micropowder with a concentration of 2% received the highest score. In the characteristics of texture profile (hardness, chewiness and cohesion indices), it was found that with increasing the amount of bone micropowder, the texture properties in the prepared surimi were significantly improved (p <0.05). Findings from the present study showed that bone micropowder due to its positive effect on the main indicators can be used to improve the texture properties of horsetail fish surimi gel.

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This study aimed to evaluate the sensorial, physicochemical, rheological, and microbiological properties of yoghurt fortified with Artemisia absinthium leaf powder during refrigerated storage. The valorization of this plant in food industry was realized by the incorporation of its dried leaf powder at various concentrations in order to produce a new functional yoghurt. It is interesting to note that the fortified yoghurt with the lowest Artemisia dose (2%) was the most preferred by the panel. Furthermore, this fortification did not affect the fermentation parameters nor the viability of lactic starter. During storage, the incorporation of Artemisia powder reduced syneresis and improved the microbiological properties of fortified yoghurts. Besides, at the end of storage, it was noted that yoghurt fortified with 2% of Artemisia powder presented the highest consistency (8.98±0.04 Pa sⁿ) and antioxidant activity (60.08±3.61%) when compared to the control yoghurt. Finally, the accelerated shelf-life test showed the efficiency of Artemisia absinthium powder incorporation by increasing the shelf life of yoghurt by about 4 days.