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Author(s): C. de Lange
Publication Date: January 25, 2011
Reference: Ontario Pork
Country: Canada

Summary:

N-3 fatty acids have many benefits to human health. It is rather easy to manipulate the fatty acid profile of a pig by incorporating things like fax or fish oil into a corn based diet to increase the amount of N-3 fatty acids in the pigs meat. When a pigs consumes N-3 fatty acids they are largely deposited in the fat of the pigs so easy for humans to consume, although there has been concern about the effects they have on meat quality. Tests were carried out to determine if fatty acids could be incorporated into a pigs diet without effecting quality. To test product quality a test group of consumers were analyzed to see if they would accept N-3 enriched pork.  The findings of these tests shows that value added n-3 fatty acid enriched pork can be produced by feeding pigs flax seed and corn based diets, without compromising pork meat quality, including consumer acceptance.

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