“…Weight losses or processing yield during storage and reheating were not significantly affected by the type of storage. Many investigations have concluded that the size of crystals formed during freezing and storage of meat are responsible for increased weight loss during thawing and heating and decreased quality through distortion and destruction of the fibers, desiccation of the cells and exposure of the cell interior to high concentrations of electrolyte (Añ on & Calvelo, 1980;Jiménez-Colmenero, Barreto, Fermández, & Carballo, 1996;Offer & Knight, 1988;Petrović, Grujić, & Petrović, 1993;Rahelić, Gawwad, & Puač, 1985). Based on previous studies the total number of crystals and the average crystals size formed during freezing were affected, first by the thermal denaturation of the meat proteins and second by the moisture content of the final product (Jiménez-Colmenero et al, 1996).…”