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Introduction
Goat meat is highly nutritious as it provides all the necessary nutrients required for growth and development of healthy body (Haenlein, 2004). Goat meat is consumed by all the segments of the society without religious/social taboos, gaining attraction as a good source of red meat in the world (Jagtap et al., 2019). Goat meat nugget is a comminuted meat product, prepared by reducing size of particles in grinder and bowl chopper by incorporating raw meat with additives such as spices, condiments, etc., subjected to steam cooking to form finished product (Gadekar et al., 2017).
Meat is highly perishable commodity due to its high moisture and nutrient contents specially protein and fats, which results in faster microbial growth and oxidative quality deterioration (Al-Hijazeen et al., 2016). Prevention of microbial growth and retarding lipid, as well as protein oxidation during storage are the challenges faced by the meat industry/food producers that are essential to upholding the wholesomeness, quality and safety of products of meat origin (Jagtap et al., 2019). Synthetic preservatives were being widely used to curtail the microbial growth and thereby improving storage span of meat foods (Lorenzo et al., 2018). These preservatives less preferred over bio or natural preservatives by the consumers due to linking between health hazards caused by these synthetic preservatives. Mostly plant source ingredients rich in phenolic content are preferred over a synthetic one. The bioactive ingredients are of emence importance because of their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. The phenolic compounds present in plant sources showed potent importance in fresh, as well as in processed meat products in terms of extending storage life (Bhat et al., 2015a, 2015b; Sorwar et al., 2016; Kumar et al., 2015), improving functionality (Wagh et al., 2015; Wagh and Chatli, 2017) and reduced lipid oxidation (Jagtap et al., 2019; Joseph et al., 2014).
Carica papaya L. commonly called as “papaya”, family Caricaceae grew in tropical regions such as South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka and India (Sorwar et al., 2016). Papaya leaves, seeds, etc., also contain a variability of bioactive phytochemicals, including polyphenols. In tropical region, papaya tea prepared from papaya leaves has been used for the aid in malaria treatment and fever of unknown...