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				Evaluation of edible polymer coatings 
				enriched with green tea extract on quality of chicken nuggets -
				
				
				Prathyusha Kristam, Naga Mallika Eswarapragada, Eswara Rao Bandi 
				and Srinivas Rao Tumati 
              
              Veterinary World, 9(7): 685-692   
              
   
                
                
doi: 
              
				
				10.14202/vetworld.2016.685-692 
                
				  
				
				Prathyusha Kristam: 
				
				Department of Livestock Products Technology, NTR College of 
				Veterinary Science, Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India; 
				prathyusha.vet@gmail.com 
				
				Naga Mallika Eswarapragada: 
				
				Department of Livestock Products Technology, NTR College of 
				Veterinary Science, Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India; 
				mallikalpt@gmail.com 
				
				Eswara Rao Bandi: 
				
				Department of Livestock Products Technology, NTR College of 
				Veterinary Science, Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India; beraolpt@gmail.com 
				
				Srinivas Rao Tumati: 
				
				Department of Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology, NTR 
				College of Veterinary Science, Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh, 
				India; tumatisrinivas2001@gmail.com   
				
				Received: 21-02-2016, Accepted: 25-05-2016, Published online: 
				02-07-2016   
				
              	
              	Corresponding author: 
              	
				
				Prathyusha Kristam, e-mail: prathyusha.vet@gmail.com 
 
              Citation: 
				Kristam P, Eswarapragada NM, Bandi ER, Tumati SR (2016) 
				Evaluation of edible polymer coatings enriched with green tea 
				extract on quality of chicken nuggets, Veterinary World, 9(7): 
				685-692. 
 
              
				Abstract 
 
				
				
				Aim: 
				
				The present study was conducted to evaluate the physico-chemical 
				and microbiological characteristics of chicken nuggets coated 
				with sodium alginate (SA) coatings at refrigerated (4±1°C) and 
				frozen (−18±1°C) storage condition at regular periodic 
				intervals. 
				
				
				Materials and Methods: 
				
				Chicken meat nuggets were separated into three groups: Uncoated 
				control (C), coated with alginate coating (T1), and 
				coated with alginate coating incorporated with 1% green tea 
				extract (GTE) (T2). The nuggets were analyzed at 
				regular intervals of 5days for refrigerated storage and 15 days 
				for frozen storage period in terms of pH, 2-thiobarbituric acid 
				value (TBA), peroxide value (PV), total plate count (TPC), water 
				loss, and sensory characteristics. 
				
				
				Results: 
				
				The results indicated that the nuggets coated with 
				alginate-based coatings effectively reduced the spoilage as 
				indicated by pH, TBA, and PVs. pH values of the formulations 
				ranged from 6.15 to 6.34 at refrigerated storage temperature 
				(4±1°C) and 6.49-6.71 at frozen storage temperature (−18±1°C). 
				TBA value of the treatments ranged from 1.28 to 1.54 mg MDA/kg 
				and 1.34 to 1.50 mg MDA/kg under refrigerated and frozen storage 
				temperatures, respectively. Color, flavor, juiciness, 
				tenderness, and overall acceptability of the nuggets differed 
				significantly (p<0.05) with the coated nuggets. The coated 
				nuggets were well acceptable upto 15 days at refrigerated 
				storage temperature (4±1°C) and upto 75 days at frozen storage 
				temperature (−18±1°C). Nuggets coated with GTE incorporated 
				coating solution had a lower TBA-reactive 
				substances values, PVs, and TPCs when compared to the nuggets 
				coated with SA and the control group. 
				
				
				Conclusion: 
				
				Study revealed that incorporation of edible coatings with 
				antioxidants, namely, GTE at 1% level had a significant effect 
				in reducing the fat oxidation. The samples recorded a shelf life 
				of 15 days under refrigerated storage when compared to their 
				controls with 10 days of storage period and 75 days under frozen 
				storage against controls with 60 days. T1, T2, 
				and T3 formulations had higher sensory scores in 
				comparison to the controls. Overall acceptability scores of T1 
				were higher when compared to the other formulations. 
				
				Keywords: 
				
				chicken nuggets, edible coatings, green tea extract, sodium 
				alginate. 
 
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