Effect of alginate pyrolysis product on the quality of frozen white leg shrimp Penaeus vannamei

Abstract:

The sodium alginate pyrolysis products were obtained through H2O2 oxidation. The effect of the main component (HDX-A, molecular weight over 6 kDa)on the quality of cryo-preserved peeled white leg shrimp Penaeus vannamei was studied. It was found that HDX-A effectively prevented water and nutrition losses of the frozen white leg shrimp after being marinated in 1% alginate pyrolysis solution. The effect improved with the increase of HDX-A concentration and the marinating time. The cooking loss of the frozen white leg shrimp could be obviously declined by lower than 20% by HDX-A. The cooking loss of the sample that marinated in the 1.5% HDX-A solution was about 15.6% after being frozen for 120 days, which was significantly less than the control (P<0.05). The rheological parameters such as break strength and viscoelasticity of the frozen white leg shrimp were improved by HDX-A through increasing the water holding capacity. HDX-A would be used as a replacement for phosphate compound in frozen white leg shrimp for improving quality.