Table 8. Fatty acid composition (%) of 7 d frozen/thawed meats marinated with phosphate and phosphate alternatives

Fatty acid Treatments SEM1) p-value
Control (–) Control (+) PJ OS N-OS YLE
14:0 0.71ab 0.76ab 0.67b 0.70ab 0.77a 0.76ab 0.021 0.022
16:0 21.39 21.68 20.79 20.82 21.62 21.15 0.201 0.030
16:1 4.01ab 4.09a 3.39b 3.45ab 3.95ab 3.71ab 0.146 0.019
18:0 8.62ab 7.95b 9.14a 8.80a 7.98b 8.36ab 0.188 0.005
18:1 36.53 35.18 34.24 35.02 35.67 34.93 0.578 0.189
18:2 17.31b 18.57a 17.56b 17.98ab 18.79a 18.91a 0.231 0.001
18:3 0.46ab 0.49a 0.50a 0.49a 0.42b 0.45ab 0.012 0.004
20:2 0.55b 0.64ab 0.69a 0.68a 0.56b 0.53b 0.031 0.009
20:3 1.25ab 1.34ab 1.50a 1.47a 1.16b 1.26ab 0.060 0.012
20:4 4.04 4.15 5.29 4.75 4.07 4.59 0.295 0.068
20:5 0.24 0.25 0.28 0.25 0.23 0.23 0.016 0.279
22:6 0.34b 0.34b 0.50a 0.44ab 0.37b 0.36b 0.025 0.003
24:1 1.11c 1.16bc 1.39a 1.35ab 1.15bc 1.25abc 0.052 0.010
Total FA 96.54 96.59 95.94 96.18 96.73 96.48 0.229 0.230
SFA 30.72 30.39 30.60 30.32 30.38 30.27 0.177 0.466
UFA 65.82 66.20 65.35 65.86 66.35 66.21 0.301 0.264
MUFA 41.65 40.43 39.03 39.82 40.76 39.89 0.673 0.189
PUFA 24.18 25.77 26.31 26.05 25.59 26.32 0.470 0.060
UFA/SFA 2.14 2.18 2.14 2.17 2.18 2.19 0.021 0.396
n-6 21.89b 23.35ab 23.54ab 23.40ab 23.41ab 24.03a 0.408 0.049
n-3 2.29bc 2.42abc 2.77a 2.65ab 2.17c 2.29bc 0.098 0.007
n-6/n-3 9.57ab 9.69ab 8.53b 8.88b 10.80a 10.47a 0.309 0.002
DFA: desirable fatty acids (C18: 0+UFA).
SEM (n=36).
Mean values with different superscript letters within the same row differ significantly (p<0.05).
Control (–), no phosphate; Control (+), 0.3% sodium tripolyphosphate; PJ, 0.3% prune juice; OS, 0.3% oyster shell; N-OS, 0.3% nano-oyster shell; YLE, 0.3% yeast and lemon extract; FA, fatty acid; SFA, saturated fatty acid; UFA, unsaturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.