The Rural Voice, 1996-02, Page 11Vitamin E means
tastier pork
A little Vitamin E may be all
it takes to make pork more
appealing to the restaurant trade,
researchers at the University of
Guelph and Ridgetown College
say.
Pork isn't served in
restaurants as often as beef and
chicken because it can't be
precooked and frozen without
taking on a rancid flavour, but
University of Guelph animal
scientist Roger Hacker and
colleagues at Ridgetown have
found that feeding pigs Vitamin
E supplements stops precooked
pork from tasting rancid and
prolongs shelf life by two days.
"Better -quality and more
versatile pork would give the
industry a big boost," says
Hacker. "If the industry wants
pork to be first with consumers,
it's going to need to use these
technologies."
Hacker found that if pigs are
fed between 200 and 400 IU of
vitamin E from the time they
weigh 60 kg. until they weigh
100 kg., the degree of
oxidization (the acid buildup
that gives meat a rancid taste) is
reduced. He also discovered that
Vitamin E doesn't affect daily
weight gain, feed intake or
carcass yield.
Hacker says that if pork keeps
longer and doesn't oxidize,
restaurants will be more apt to
buy it. And if the shelf life is
longer, supermarkets may pay
up to 10 cents more per
kilogram.
"Vitamin E supplementation
may be a low-cost and effective
way to improve the keeping
qualities of fresh pork and open
up more market potential for
Ontario Pork," he says. "There's
no doubt it would be profitable
for all the groups involved —
farmers, packers, restaurants
and supermarkets."0
—Source: University of Guelph
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GREY -BRUCE
WOODLOT
CONFERENCE
;r r AND EXHIBITION
Elmwood Community Centre
Saturday, March 23, 1996
8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
• View Forestry Displays (8:00 A.M.)
• 10:00 A.M. - Participate In Conference
• What's In Your Woodlot?
• Tree Cropping
• Using Ungraded Lumber
• Grading Lumber
• Panel - Marketing Your Woodlot
• Trees Act and Bylaws
• Door Prizes
Pre -registration cost - $15.00 per person, payable to Grey -Bruce
Woodlot Conference (includes hot meal).
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Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
- Walkerton - 881-3301 or 1-800-265-3023 OR
- Markdale - 986-2040 or 1-800-265-9152
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