Authors: Prof.dr.sc.dr.sc.dr.hc. Gordana Kralik i Prof.dr.sc. Zlata Kralik
Faculty: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek
Company: Nutricin j.d.o.o.
Country: Croatia
web: http://www.unios.hr/
Chicken meat and eggs are animal products that can be enriched with bioactive, functional ingredients known as nutricines, and as such, they are considered as functional food.
By modelling of chicken feeding treatments, the following innovative products are successfully created, as they contain bioactive ingredients in meat and eggs:
Innovative chicken meat and eggs contain essential ingredients, such as omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA), i.e. alpha linolenic (ALA), eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic fatty acid (DHA), combined with selenium (Se) as a microelement.
These nutricines are essential in human nutrition. In addition to basic nutrients, such functional products contain ingredients that are beneficial to human health.
Innovative chicken meat and eggs as products contain:
Compared to conventional products, innovative chicken products are enriched with n-3 PUFA and selenium in significant amounts.
Chicken meat and eggs are animal products that can be enriched with bioactive, functional ingredients known as nutricines, and as such, they are considered as functional food.
By modelling of chicken feeding treatments, the following innovative products are successfully created, as they contain bioactive ingredients in meat and eggs:
Innovative chicken meat and eggs contain essential ingredients, such as omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA), i.e. alpha linolenic (ALA), eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic fatty acid (DHA), combined with selenium (Se) as a microelement.
These nutricines are essential in human nutrition. In addition to basic nutrients, such functional products contain ingredients that are beneficial to human health.
It is scientifically proven that polyunsaturated fatty acids are the main components of the cell sap and cell membranes and are also important for numerous biological functions, including the role of receptors, transmitters, as well as factors that influence both enzymatic and immune system. Just like n-3 PUFA, n-6 PUFA and their ratio are also important for human health. Nutritionists recommend the n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio to be 4-5:1, which is provided in our innovative poultry products.
Selenium is a microelement that cannot be synthesised in a human organism, so it has to be taken in through food. As an integral part of selenoproteins, it positively affects the immune system, prevents the occurrence of inflammatory processes and protects against oxidative stress.
Innovative chicken meat and eggs as products contain:
Compared to conventional products, innovative chicken products are enriched with n-3 PUFA and selenium in significant amounts. Statements about beneficial effects that consumption of enriched poultry products has on human health have been confirmed by clinical research.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This study is supported by the European Structural and Investment Fund’s grant for the Croatian National Scientific Center of Excellence for Personalized Health Care (grant #KK.01.1.1.01.0010) and by the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia.