“…The NaCl crystals are hydrated by the moisture of the meat which dissolves and become locally distributed throughout the meat matrix by means of diffusion. Although several authors have deployed state of the art technologies including magnetic resonance imaging (Caballero et al, 2016), computed tomography (Håseth et al, 2008;Santos-Garcés, Gou, Garcia-Gil, Arnau, & Fulladosa, 2010), near-infrared spectroscopy (Collell, Gou, Arnau, & Comaposada, 2011;Collell, Gou, Picouet, Arnau, & Comaposada, 2010;De Marchi et al, 2017), and microwaves dielectric spectroscopy (Castro-Giráldez, Fito, & Fito, 2010) to model and predict the diffusion and distribution of NaCl in processed pork meat products, the impact of NaCl types, specifically different morphological characteristics on dissolution and uptake during drycured meat processing and its influence on a w is rarely available.…”