title: Valorization of indigenous dairy cattle breed through salami production.
abstract: The aim of the research was to produce salami manufactured with meat of three different commercial categories of bovine breed: cow on retirement, beef and young bull. A total of six experimental productions, at small-scale plant, were carried out with and without starter culture inoculums. The evolution of physico-chemical parameters in all trials followed the trend already registered for other fermented meat products. Several LAB species were found during process with different levels of species diversity and frequency of isolation among inoculated (mainly Pediococcus pentosaceus and Staphylococcus xylosus) and uninoculated (mainly Enterococcus devriesei, Lactobacillus curvatus and Lactobacillus sakei) trials. Enterobacteriaceae were found at very low levels during the entire ripening period and no pathogenic bacteria were found in any samples. The multivariate analysis showed that starter inoculums and meat affected significantly the physico-chemical and the microbiological composition of salami. The sensory analysis evidenced the highest overall acceptability was displayed by salami produced with meat from cow on retirement.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Raimondo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaglio
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: nicola.francesca@unipa.it.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Francesca
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maniaci
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Onofrio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Corona
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alfonzo
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giosuè
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "Adelmo Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Noto
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "Adelmo Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cardamone
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Sardina
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Baldassare
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Portolano
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alabiso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development*; D001947:Breeding; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D005285:Fermentation; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008461:Meat Products / Q000032:analysis / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Cinisara breed; Lactic acid bacteria; Meat fermentation; Salami; Starter culture