This study was performed to assess the comparison of the effects amongst
butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), clove extract (CE), and ascorbic acid (AA) as
antioxidants on the oxidative stability and color values in fresh beef patties.
The adding of BHT, AA, and CE to patties significantly restrained lipid
oxidation, lowered hue angle as color value, and expanded redness and chroma
values of fresh beef patties in comparison to the control (p<0.05). BHT
and AA significantly led to impede the protein oxidation of patties by lowering
carbonyl content (p<0.05). CE had no negative effect on protein
oxidation. The antioxidant effects of BHT, AA, and CE were obviously manifested.
Nonetheless, BHT, AA, and CE appeared to have insignificant difference of each
other for lowering the protein oxidation at the end of storage. BHT and CE
represented lowered lipid oxidation in comparison to AA. The antioxidant effects
of BHT, AA, and CE on lipid oxidation were more marked than the effects on
protein oxidation. Furthermore, CE as a natural antioxidant evinced the
efficiency in oxidative stability and color stability in fresh beef patties. The
study implied that CE could substitute the use of BHT and AA when making beef
patties during storage.