Elin Stenberg

My work has primarily been centred on improving the technological and sensory attributes of meat, such as tenderness, colour, and flavour, with an emphasis on meat from ruminants. The conducted studies has compared different production systems and their effects on meat quality. This includes the evaluation of fresh versus frozen lamb meat, slaughter techniques, and feeding systems, aiming to identify optimal practices that enhance both sustainability and product quality.  In my research I try to identify factors within the production system of meat where the results can have practical implications thru the whole chain; from farm to processing at the abattoir to storage practices of the sellable products. Recently I am working with  development of food systems for beef blood and sheep meat and origin verification of Swedish pork meat.

Selected publications

Doctoral thesis
Stenberg, E. (2023) There is no easy answer ─ factors affecting meat quality in lambs. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae nr 2023:24. https://doi.org/10.54612/a.3tcg88tjb4

Peer reviewed articles in international journals
Stenberg, E., Arvidsson Segerkvist, K., Karlsson, A.H., Ólafsdóttir, A., Hilmarsson, Ó.Þ., Gudjónsdóttir, M., Thorkelsson, G. (2022) A Comparison of Fresh and Frozen Lamb Meat ─ Differences in Technological Meat Quality and Sensory Attributes. Animals, 12, 2830; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12202830 

Stenberg, E., Arvidsson Segerkvist, K., Karlsson, A.H., Ólafsdóttir, A., Hilmarsson, Ó.Þ., Gudjónsdóttir, M., Thorkelsson, G. (2021) A Comparison of Two Different Slaughter Systems for Lambs. Effects on Carcass Characteristics, Technological Meat Quality and Sensory Attributes. Animals, 11, 2935; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11102935

Stenberg, E., Karlsson, A.H., Öhgren, C., Arvidsson Segerkvist, K. (2020) Carcass characteristics and meat quality attributes in lambs reared indoors, on cultivated pasture, or on semi-natural pasture. Agricultural and Food Science, 29, 432-441; https://doi.org/10.23986/afsci.91706

Report
Strid, I., Wallin, K, Stenberg, E. 2022. Livsmedelsförluster vid slakt av grisar och nötkreatur. Jordbruksverket Report 2022:18. ISSN 1102-3007 (in Swedish).

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6697-2978

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