Meat Colour

What are the two main proteins in muscle?

What pigment gives colour to meat?

Muscle contraction and relaxation is also known as ...

The colour of myoglobin is determined by the molecules with which the iron atom is bonded.

If it’s bonded to an oxygen molecule, the myoglobin is .....

The colour of myoglobin is determined by the molecules with which the iron atom is bonded.

In the absence of oxygen, it bonds to water and becomes .......

The colour of myoglobin is determined by the molecules with which the iron atom is bonded.

If the iron atom becomes oxidized, or loses an electron, the myoglobin turns  ..............

oxidation of the myoglobin to .......... results to the brown colour of discoloured meat

• metmyoglobin

• oxymyoglobin

• deoxymyoglobin

• myoglobin

In post mortem muscle that has not been exposed to air, myoglobin exists as ............. which is a deep purple colour

• metmyoglobin

• oxymyoglobin

• deoxymyoglobin

• myoglobin