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. 2022 Apr 16;14(8):1666.
doi: 10.3390/nu14081666.

Effect of Dietary Enrichment with Flaxseed, Vitamin E and Selenium, and of Market Class on the Broiler Breast Meat-Part 1: Nutritional and Functional Traits

Ambrogina Albergamo  1 , Rossella Vadalà  1 , Vincenzo Nava  1 , Giovanni Bartolomeo  2 , Rossana Rando  1 , Nadia Colombo  3 , Roberto Gualtieri  3 , Massimiliano Petracci  4 , Giuseppa Di Bella  1 , Rosaria Costa  1 , Nicola Cicero  1   2
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Effect of Dietary Enrichment with Flaxseed, Vitamin E and Selenium, and of Market Class on the Broiler Breast Meat-Part 1: Nutritional and Functional Traits

Ambrogina Albergamo et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

The effect of dietary enrichment with flaxseed, selenium and vitamin E, and market class on the nutritional and functional value of breast meat was evaluated. A completely randomized block design was set up, where the experimental unit (n = 6000 birds) received conventional or enriched diet and was slaughtered at 37 (light class), 47 (medium class), or 57 (heavy class) days of life. Hence, functional and standard Pectoralis major muscles from every market class were analyzed for FA composition, inorganic elements and vitamin E. Lipid metabolism indices and health lipid indicators were assessed along with the nutritional value. A multiple linear model revealed that in breasts, the dietary treatment significantly influenced (p < 0.05) the FA profile, lipid metabolism and health lipid indices, while the slaughtering weight was related (p < 0.05) to most of elements (e.g., Na, Mg, K, Mn, and Se) and vitamin E. The interdependence of the two factors had strong relations (p < 0.05) with total PUFAs, including linolenic acid, desaturase activities, health lipid indices, trace essential elements and vitamin E. Consequently, enriched meat from heavy chickens showed the best functional and nutritional traits. Overall, the study pointed out that both market class and dietary manipulation are two relevant factors to consider for producing breast meat with higher nutritional and functional value.

Keywords: FA composition analysis; chicken meat; dietary enrichment; element analysis; functional meat; n-3 PUFAs; selenium; vitamin E.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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