1. Introduction
Mechanically deboned chicken meat (MDCM) is a wide- ly used raw material for the production of meat patties. According to the Sindiavipar Journal [1], in 2010 the state of Paraná—Brazil, exported more than 1 million tons of chicken meat to more than 120 countries worldwide, accounting for over 1.69 billion dollars.
On account of technological modernization, MDCM has branched out mainly due to its simplicity to obtain and process industrialized products [2].
The mechanically separated poultry meat emerged in the late 1950s in the United States. MDCM emerged in order to satisfy consumer preferences for chicken cuts and fillets instead of whole chickens, thus giving rise to finding ways to take advantage of chicken backs, necks and bones from deboning techniques [3].
Mechanically separated poultry meat is a widely used industrial process that enables using non-prime raw ma- terials or with no commercial value. Because it is a low- cost raw material, MDCM is widely used as a protein source in the formulation of industrial products [4]. Due to the high lipid content in its composition, it is very sus- ceptible to oxidative reactions. These reactions occur from the metabolic transformations of fatty acids in the meat. Under the current law, the maximum fat allowed in MDCM is of 30% [5].