Lipid oxidation represents one of the major causes of the progressive deterioration in the quality of meat products, limiting their storage shelf life. The deterioration in organoleptic characteristics, and the associated loss of nutritional value induced by the oxidative process, can be delayed by the addition of antioxidants. Natural substances with antioxidant activity have been widely studied as food preservatives; these include flavonoids, phenolic acids, organic acids and carotenoids, which can reduce lipid oxidation by scavenging free radicals, chelating metal ions or quenching oxygen radicals