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GIUFFRIDA-MENDOZA, María; ARENAS DE MORENO, Lilia  y  HUERTA- LEIDENZ, Nelson. Nutritional composition of tropical venezuelan beef. An Venez Nutr [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.1, pp.167-176. ISSN 0798-0752.

Currently, there is growing interest about the health of the consumer, so, meat producers and researchers are giving more importance to the nutritional quality of this food. Thus, in their interest to eradicate false beliefs about the nutritional content of beef, derived of the use of foreign data from animals of other breeds or feedlot grain-fed with high lipid content, for this reason it has conducted studies about the nutritional composition in Venezuelan beef considering factors, such as, the species (stablishing comparisons between beef, buffalo, pork and chicken), and sexual condition, using samples of longissimus dorsi thoracis without fat coverage. The results showed a low marbling level of meat bovids, a low of cholesterol and lipid concentration. In addition, it provides a good amount of protein with high biological quality and a certain amount of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). Is an excellent source of minerals such as P, Fe and Zn, and a good balance of PUFA / SFA, n6/n3 favorable to the individual. Presents indices H/h, IA and IT (hypercholesterolemic / hypocholesterolemic fatty acid ratio, atherogenic and thrombogenic index, respectively), comparable to or lower than those reported in the international literature. Castration promotes lipid accumulation. When compared to U.S. meat with similar Venezuelan cut, it presents lower lipid tenor. When choosing a food, the fat-free meat of bovids has nothing to envy to the meat of other species such as chicken and pork, so it seems to become a good nutritional option. Is conclude, that meat of young bovids fed to grazing appears to be a good option for healthy dietary regimens.

Palabras clave : Bovids grass fed; longissimus dorsi thoracis; nutritive composition.

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