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What causes bone darkening when broiler or fryers are cooked?

April 26, 2017bone broiler causes cooked darkening fryers

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What causes bone darkening when broiler or fryers are cooked?

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This is mainly a problem in a young chicken that has been frozen prior to cooking. Ice crystals formed during freezing rupture the blood cells allowing blood pigments to seep to the surface of the immature and not fully calcified bone. These pigments turn dark during cooking.