Antioxidant Properties of Rosemary Oleoresin in Turkey Sausage

Abstract

ABSTRACT Rosemary oleoresin (20 ppm) was used as an antioxidant in turkey breakfast sausages prepared with 75% hand deboned turkey meat and 25% mechanically deboned turkey meat. It was compared to similarly formulated products with butylated hydroxyanisole/butylated hydroxytoluene (BHA/BHT, 200 ppm) and a control with no antioxidants. 2‐Thiobarbituric acid‐reactive substances in samples stored at 4°C demonstrated that rosemary oleoresin was comparable to a commercial blend of BHA/BHT/citric acid in suppressing lipid autoxidation. Sensory analysis was in agreement with these results. Analysis of volatile aroma compounds revealed the occurrence of oxidatively derived carbonyls in the sausages without antioxidants, while the antioxidant‐treated sausages were essentially free from these carbonyls.