diet, led to the development of heal thier meat and meat products by replacing
animal fat with vegetable oils. The use of vegetable oils in low fat
meat products not only helps in improving the fatty acid profiles
but also helps in increasing product stability in terms of lower lipid
oxidation, peroxide values, conjugated dienes and free fatty acids.
Many researchers have studied the quality characteristics of meat products
prepared with partial or complete replacement of animal fat with
vegetable oils (Table 2).