Color in Raw and Cooked Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )

Carotenoid contents in raw and cooked Atlantic salmon, and in canned Pacific salmons, were compared. The color, as measured by the Gardner color difference meter, was found to be correlated with the chromaticity coordinate x%, or with Hunter's value +a. The color of Atlantic salmon flesh, compa...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Author: Saito, A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-211
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f69-211
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Summary:Carotenoid contents in raw and cooked Atlantic salmon, and in canned Pacific salmons, were compared. The color, as measured by the Gardner color difference meter, was found to be correlated with the chromaticity coordinate x%, or with Hunter's value +a. The color of Atlantic salmon flesh, compared with that of Pacific salmon flesh (canned), is significantly redder than chum and pink salmon, but less red than coho or sockeye in terms of the carotenoid content, x% or +a values, and visual color judgment.