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Abstract
This review deals with the implications of meat and meat products for human health.
It analyses the effect of the presence or absence of various factors: fat, fatty acid
composition, cholesterol, calorific value, salt, nitrite or lipid oxidation products
that can cause health problems. Bearing in mind these considerations, it then describes
the strategies used in animal production, treatment of meat raw material and reformulation
of meat products to obtain healthier meat and meat products. Functional ingredients
are responsible for making functional foods work, and this review therefore discusses
the scope of current meat technology to favour the presence of various active-food
components, and provide an additional physiological benefit beyond that of meeting
basic nutritional needs.