Utilization of coffee silverskin aqueous extract to improve pork meat homogenates oxidative stability

Coffee fruit processing residues have been proposed to prevent meat quality loss. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of coffee silverskin aqueous extract (CSE) on the oxidative stability of a pork meat homogenate. CSE was subjected to polyphenols determination (total phenol, flavonoids, and caffeoylquinic acid contents) and antiradical and reducing power assays. In addition, raw pork meat homogenates were divided into four treatments (CN, control or without antioxidant; T1 and T2, CSE at 250 and 500 ppm, respectively; BHT, synthetic antioxidant at 500 ppm), oxidized for 1 h with potassium ferrocyanide (0, 0.5, and 1.0 %, w/v), and subjected to meat quality evaluation (pH, lipid oxidation, color, and metmyoglobin content). Results demonstrated that CSE is an important source of polyphenols with antioxidant activity, and their incorporation in a raw pork meat as an antioxidant additive for meat products.