3.2. Characterization of minced meat formulations
The proximate composition of minced meat is shown in Table 2.
As expected, the samples with the incorporation of plasma protein
had higher protein content than the control. Similarly, Hughes et al.
(1998) described an increase of protein content using whey protein
to reduce fat by 25% in frankfurter sausages. Considering samples
with the same protein content as P2.5–P2.5 I2, the addition of inulin
to the formulation produced a statistically significant increase