The World Health Organization has drawn up the
following nutritional recommendations; fat should provide
between 15% and 30% of the calories in the diet,
saturated fat should not provide more than 10% of these
calories and cholesterol intake should be limited to 300
mg/day (Anon, 1986). This resulted in an increased demand
for fat reduced and low fat meat products. The
amount of fat in ground meat products plays an important