How to understand that minced meat is unfit for consumption: 3 characteristic signs

Minced meat is a meat product that can spoil quite quickly if storage technology is not followed.

However, there are a number of signs that a food product should not be consumed.

Culinary expert of HERE NEWS, cook and fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova will share with you her observations on how to recognize stale minced meat.

How to understand that minced meat has gone bad

Let's start with the fact that minced meat can be made from different types of meat.

Moreover, the symptoms indicating that a product is not fresh are almost always similar.

So, the product can safely be thrown into the trash bin if:

1. The smell of the meat product is far from neutral. Fresh meat does not smell of anything or has a weak milky aroma. However, in the case of ready-made minced meat, staleness is sometimes hidden under an abundance of spices, and then two other symptoms come to the rescue.
2. The mince can be any color, but not pink or red. Chicken mince is pink, pork and beef mince is red. But gray and brown should alert you, since the product is almost certainly expired.
3. The consistency of the mince should be elastic. A good product should not fall apart and certainly not be slippery to the touch.

• Related news:
• how to understand that minced meat has gone bad
• stuffing
• Cooking tips
• 3 August 2024

---