Abstract
The aim of this work is to evaluate the effects of different washing times (zero (W0), one (W1), two (W2), and three (W3) times) on the physicochemical characteristics, gel property, and protein oxidation of silver carp surimi during 4 °C refrigeration. The results showed that the yield, types of fatty acids, redness (a*), total volatile basic nitrogen, and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances of the surimi tended to decrease, and the whiteness, pH, gel strength, and water retention tended to increase with the increase of washing times. Meanwhile, washing removed some fatty acids and the fatty acid species showed a decreasing trend. The FTIR spectra showed that washing did not change the functional group composition but changed the content of each group of the functional groups, while decreasing the proportion of β-sheet structures. Compared with the unwashed surimi, washing caused some of the immobilized water in the minced fish to be transferred to free water, and the water fluidity was enhanced. The washing enhanced the water holding capacity in the surimi gels, and the microstructure of the surimi gels was denser and delayed the protein oxidation during refrigeration. However, the difference between W2 and W3 surimi was not significant (p > 0.05). In practice, W2 can be used to produce surimi to improve its yield and reduce water consumption.
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