Basic composition: rapid methodologies

Abstract

Meat is a protein source with an important role in the human diet. Despite the great number of possible sources of meat, carrie, sheep, goats, pigs, and poultry are the most important meat producers' species. Differences between species exist in terms of the principal tissues (muscle, fat , and bone), and within the same species the content of these components differs according mainly to breed, age, sex, commercial category and production or feed system.