Comparison of fatty acid profile in lamb meat and baby food based on lamb meat

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Data di Pubblicazione:
2009
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Comparison of fatty acid profile in lamb meat and baby food based on lamb meat / Nudda, Anna; Mele, Marcello; Serra, Andrea; Manca, Maria Grazia; Secchiari, Pierlorenzo; Boe, Roberta. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE. - ISSN 1828-051X. - 8:Suppl. 2(2009), pp. 525-527.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to compare the fatty acid (FA) profile of fresh lamb meat with those of baby foods based on lamb meat. For this purpose, samples of commercial homogenized (HO) and lyophilized (LIO) baby food based on lamb meat and fresh lamb meat (FM) were analyzed
for their FA composition. All fatty acids, except for oleic acid and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), differed
among the three baby products tested. The sum of omega-6 FA and the ratio omega 6/omega 3
FA were lower in FM and LIO meat compared to HO samples. The content of total PUFA n-3 was the
highest in FM, because of its highest content of C18:3 n3, EPA, DPA and DHA compared to LIO and
HO baby food. The content of arachidonic acid was more than 6-fold higher in FM compared to LIO and
HO. This study evidenced the possibility of enhancing the FA profile of commercial baby food based on
lamb meat by using meat with healthier FA profile.
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1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Lamb; meat; fatty acids; baby food products
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https://iris.uniss.it/handle/11388/262475
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