DETECTION OF PLANT FIBERS IN MEAT-PRODUCT S

The use of biosensors as a detector in HPLC analysis enables the detec tion of several plant fibres in meat products, provided that no other cellulose sources are present in major quantities. The presence of cel lobiose, generated in the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose, provides evidence of the existence of plant fibres in the products. Tests were carried out on sausage meat containing wheat, sugar beet and pea fibre s. The amount of cellobiose generated varied distinctly according to t he different plant fibres. Thus the fibre must first be identified bef ore quantification is possible.