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Composition and amino‐acid content of high‐grade whale meat meal
Author(s) -
Pritchard H.,
Smith Patricia A.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740110504
Subject(s) - meal , fish meal , food science , meat and bone meal , composition (language) , whale , pantothenic acid , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , chemistry , fishery , linguistics , philosophy , riboflavin
To establish the average composition of whale meat meal particularly with reference to its vitamin and amino‐acid content, average samples of whale meat meal, produced during one season and representing the products both of floating factories and land stations, were examined. The overall composition did not vary widely, but there is a suggestion that meal produced on the land station contains more vitamin B 12 than that produced on the floating factory but it is poorer in pantothenic acid. Comparison is made of the amino‐acids present in the proteins of whale meat meal of meat‐and‐bone meal and of white fish meal. The length of time elapsing between the death of the whale and the processing of the carcass does not appear to influence the nutritive value of the whale meat meal produced; but the free fatty acid content of the oil in the meal increases rapidly with post mortem time.