The evaluation of some physical properties of imported frozen chicken thighs in Erbil markets

Abstract EN

The present study carried out to determine the some physical properties of imported frozen chicken thighs that were available at the wholesale and retailed markets in Erbil, with the aim to evaluate their fitness to quality standards and their human consumption.

For this purpose, three foreign trademarks (Pilgrim's "USA", Qualiko "Ukraine", and Lades "Turkey") of imported frozen chicken thighs (15 from each trademark) were collected.

The label information was conducted for all samples.

Different indicators were measured to compare the hygienic state of the frozen chicken thighs, these indicators referred to (thawing loss, cooking loss, water holding capacity and determination of myoglobin).

The results showed that: There were significant differences (P<0.05) between samples of whole sale or retailed market.

The recorded results showed that both of Lades and Qualiko trademarks had the lowest thawing loss, whereas Pilgrim's mark was higher than the recommended range of the Iraqi Central Organization for Standardization and quality control.

Although there were significant differences (P<0.05) between samples of whole sale and retailed market in the cooking loss and water holding capacity tests, but they were good quality.

The determination of myoglobin was within the normal range, except for Qualiko mark which was lower in range.