Reindeer meat – is it always tender, tasty and healthy?

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Wiklund, Eva, Malmfors, Gunnar, Finstad, Greg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2007
• Subjects: reindeer meat; Inga; Lever; Slaughter; Rangifer; ren
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/272; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.27.3.272

Meat with high pH values, so called DFD (Dark, Firm, Dry meat, is a persistent quality defect foundmin all meat species. DFD shortens shelf life, especially for vacuum-packed meat and affects meat colour, tenderness and water-holding properties. High pH values in reindeer meat have been related to p...