“…Mechanically recovered meat (MRM) from poultry differs significantly from hand deboned poultry meat, having a higher fat content, shorter microbiological and chemical storage life, darker colour, smaller particle size and poorer textural properties (Baker & Bruce, 1989;Richardson, 1989). Whilst poultry MRM differs from fish mince, having a higher fat, pigment and collagen content, recent studies have shown that washing, in a surimi-type process, can produce a more stable product with reduced fat and haem pigments and an improved cooked gel strength (Dawson et al, 1988(Dawson et al, , 1990Kijowski, 1989;Kijowski et al, 1991a;Knight et al, 1991;Schreurs et al, 1991;Yang & Froning, 1992a,b,c;Trziszka et al, 1993).…”