Research Article

Composition and Fatty Acid Profile of Goat Meat Sausages with Added Rice Bran

Table 3

Fatty acid composition of cooked goat meat sausages with added rice bran (Means ± s.e.) .

Fatty acidsPercent rice branLinear effect
0.01.53.0

Saturated fatty acids
C14:02.37 ± 0.042.48 ± 0.012.28 ± 0.03ns
C16:024.40 ± 0.7723.75 ± 0.2023.19 ± 0.11ns
C18:038.25 ± 0.1434.76 ± 0.3536.00 ± 0.10−***

Mono and poly unsaturated fatty acids
C16:11.17 ± 0.011.41 ± 0.011.27 ± 0.02+**
C18:129.51 ± 0.7832.52 ± 0.332.09 ± 0.30+*
C18:2n63.02 ± 0.153.56 ± 0.143.67 ± 0.17+*
C18:3n60.27 ± 0.040.32 ± 0.030.27 ± 0.02ns
C18:3n30.30 ± 0.020.38 ± 0.020.46 ± 0.10ns
C20:2n60.03 ± 0.010.03 ± 0.020.06 ± 0.004+*
C20:3n60.09 ± 0.010.07 ± 0.010.00 ± 0.00−***
C20:4n60.57 ± 0.060.65 ± 0.020.63 ± 0.03ns
C20:5n30.01 ± 0.000.06 ± 0.030.06 ± 0.01+**

Sums and ratios of fatty acids
65.02 ± 0.7961.00 ± 0.3161.48 ± 0.20−**
30.69 ± 0.7733.93 ± 0.3233.36 ± 0.30+*
4.28 ± 0.155.07 ± 0.085.15 ± 0.23+**
DFA73.2 ± 0.8073.6 ± 0.1974.5 ± 0.12ns
(C18:0 + C18:1)/C16:02.78 ± 0.152.83 ± 0.042.94 ± 0.02ns
3.97 ± 0.024.63 ± 0.094.64 ± 0.20+*
0.31 ± 0.020.44 ± 0.020.51 ± 0.09+*
/ 0.08 ± 0.000.09 ± 0.000.11 ± 0.02ns
/ 0.06 ± 0.010.08 ± 0.000.08 ± 0.00+**

All sausages contain chili seasoning (3% by weight) and salt (1.6% by weight).
The − sign indicates a negative response and the + sign a positive response to increasing percent rice bran levels.
Indicates the linear effect, *,**,***Significant at the 0.05, 0.01, 0.001 level of probability, respectively.
= sum of saturated fatty acids; = sum of monounsaturated fatty acids; = sum of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
DFA (Desired fatty acids) = C18:0 + + ; = sum of omega-6 fatty acids; = sum of omega-3 fatty acids. ns: not significant.