Strategies for healthier meat foods: An overview

Functional food products remain the focus of current market trends toward healthier nutrition. The consumption of meat-based functional foods has been a topic of interest in food innovation since some of these products generate controversy due to their possible adverse effects on health. However, studies have demonstrated that meat-based functional products are considered an opportunity to improve the nutritional profile of meat products through the addition of biologically valuable components and to meet the specific needs of consumers. In this sense, some strategies and techniques are applied for processing and developing functional meat products, such as modifying carcass composition through feeding, reformulating meat products, and processing conditions. This review focuses on presenting developed and evaluated strategies that allow the production of healthy and functional meat foods, which application has successfully achieved the sensory, nutritional, and technological parameters mainly affected by such application.

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Main Authors: Espinales, Cindy, Baldeón, María, Bravo, Cinthya, Toledo, Howard, Carballo, José, Romero-Peña, María, Cáceres, Patricio J.
Format: artículo biblioteca
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition 2024
Subjects:Consumer behavior, Food technology, Functional foods, Meat products, Nutritional requirements,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/358767
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