Russian and Chinese consumers' acceptability of boar meat patties depending on their sensitivity to androstenone and skatole.
The aim of this work was to study the sensitivity of Chinese and Russian female consumers to androstenone and skatole and to identify their preference for pork patties from entire male pigs compared with those from castrated pigs. One-hundred-twenty women in each country were enrolled. The sensitivity of the consumers to both compounds was tested using smell strips and triangular tests. Pairwise tests were performed comparing patties from castrated male pigs with patties from boars with different levels of androstenone and skatole. Approximately 70% of the Russian and 60% of the Chinese consumers were sensitive to skatole and 37% and 32% were sensitive to androstenone, respectively. Nevertheless, a higher percentage of sensitive Russian consumers compared to Chinese consumers disliked the smell of both compounds. In Russia, the consumers' preferences were higher for patties with low levels of both compounds, while no differences were found in China. In both countries, consumers who were sensitive to skatole also preferred patties with low levels of both compounds. Thus, the levels of androstenone and skatole affect boar patty preferences.
IRTA-Product Quality, Finca Camps i Armet, 17121, Monells, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: maria.font@irta.cat.
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Danish Meat Research Institute (DMRI), Danish Technological Institute, Gregersensvej 9, DK-2630, Tåstrup, Denmark.
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Aaslyng
Connecting Agri and Food, Oostwijk 5, 5400 AM Uden, The Netherlands.
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Backus
Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210095, PR China.
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Han
Gorbatov's All-Russian Meat Research Institute (VNIIMP), 26, Talalikhina Str., 109316 Moscow, Russia.
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Kuznetsova
IRTA-Product Quality, Finca Camps i Armet, 17121, Monells, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Gorbatov's All-Russian Meat Research Institute (VNIIMP), 26, Talalikhina Str., 109316 Moscow, Russia.
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Semenova
Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210095, PR China.
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IRTA-Product Quality, Finca Camps i Armet, 17121, Monells, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
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D000328:Adult; D000736:Androstenes / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000069466:Red Meat; D012426:Russia; D012862:Skatole / Q000032:analysis*; D012903:Smell; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013552:Swine; D013649:Taste
D000736:Androstenes; C000214:androst-16-en-3-one; D012862:Skatole
Androstenone; Boar; Liking; Preference; Sensitivity; Skatole