Report on meat composition of medium growing poultry breed

Summary

The POULTRYNSECT Work Package 3 “Laboratory and Sensorial Analyses” aims to evaluate the impact of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) live larvae inclusion as feed ingredient in chicken diet on chicken health and meat quality. Animal welfare and health affect many metabolic processes, which may impact meat quality after slaughter . Differences in feed composition may also be translated to differences in chemical composition of meat and thus changes in sensory attributes. In this report the meat composition preliminary results obtained from the first in vivo feeding trial performed with Label Naked Neck chicken are summarized. Besides chemical composition such as protein content and pH,
physical parameters including drip loss, thaw loss and instrumental tenderness are reported and complemented by analysis of in vitro protein digestibility and content of
oxidation products to evaluate potential health implications for human consumption.