Background:
Meat is an important source protein for the consumers and contributes significantly towards food and nutritional security. However, its nutrient dense nature also makes vulnerable for quality deterioration during storage resulting in limited shelf-life. Moreover, most of the semi-solid meat products need to be stored at refrigerated temperature to achieve the desirable stability. This is the situation where snacks type meat products come into the picture which can have extended shelf-life without need of refrigeration:
Technology Details:
We at ICAR-CIRG have come up with the technologies to process the snacks type goat meat products. These products are shelf stable (4 months at room temperature), nutritious (protein 10-12%), healthy (rich dietary fibre) convenient, ready-to-eat and highly acceptable. Our technologies for snacks type goat meat products include goat meat nimkee, muruku and biscuts. With these technologies meat from low value cuts and spent animals can be easily processed into highly acceptable and premium products having great commercial implication. The non-meat ingredients used for the processing are locally available at economical rate. The processing of our snacks type goat meat products is simple, easy to learn and doesn’t require expensive complex equipment. Overall adoption this technology can lead to consumer satisfaction, greater profit margin and employment generation.