the level of cholesterol concentration of SL pigs ranged from a minimum of 38.60 mg/100 g to a maximum of 55.12
mg/100 g. No statistically significant differences in cholesterol content in SBM and WM were established. A
previous studies reported low levels of cholesterol in MLLT with 59 mg/100 g10 and 57 mg/100 g11. Similarly,
Bohac and Rhee12reported cholesterol content of 55.9 mg/100 g, 53.1 mg/100 g, and 59.7 mg/100 g for MLLT. In a
similar study, Parunovićet al.2reported that the average cholesterol content in meat of WM was 63.38 mg and it
varied from 52.00 to 76.93 mg/100 g. The average cholesterol content in 100 g of MLLT of WM fattener pigs was
14.78 mg higher than in the meat of SL and 1.15 mg higher than in the meat of SBM2.
3.2. Fatty acid composition
The fatty acid composition and cholesterol content of MLLT from the examined pigs are shown in Table 1. In
general,palmitic acid (C16:0) was the most abundant saturated fatty acid (SFA), oleic acid (C18:1 cis-9) the most
abundant monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA), and linoleic acid (C18:2 n-6) the most abundant polyunsaturated
fatty acid (PUFA) in the MLLT of the examined pigs. SFA and PUFA were found in significantly higher percentages
in MLLT of SL pigs (43.37% and 11.47%, respectively) than in SBM and WM pigs (p< 0.001). In contrast, MUFA
and unsaturated fatty acids (USFA) were found in significantly higher percentages in MLLT of SBM and WM than
in SL pigs (p < 0.001). Zăhan et al.13showed Mangalitsa pigs contained high levels of palmitic and stearic (SFA),
oleic (MUFA) and linoleic (PUFA) fatty acids.