Research Article

Indigenous Subarctic Food Systems in Transition: Amino Acid Composition (Including Tryptophan) in Wild-Harvested and Processed Meats

Table 10

Ingredients List of Processed Meats in the Present Study.

Meat ProductIngredients

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“Canadian Spam”
Pork, mechanically separated pork, water, modified corn starch, soy protein product, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite

Sub Meats
 Best Value HamPork, water, glucose solids and/or dextrose and/or sugar, potassium lactate, salt, potassium chloride, sodium phosphate, flavour, carrageenan, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium nitrite, spices, smoke flavour
 Extra Thick BolognaPork, chicken, water, wheat flour, salt, milk ingredients, potassium lactate, sodium erythorbate, sodium diacetate, sodium nitrite, garlic powder, spice, smoke
 Maple Leaf Ezee PizzaPork, mechanically separated meat (chicken, pork), beef; water, wheat flour, salt, potassium lactate, sodium diacetate, dried garlic, sodium erythorbate, spice, flavour, potato starch, spice extract, sodium nitrite, smoke, potassium pyrophosphate, dextrose, carraggeenan

Chicken NuggetChicken, water, toasted wheat crumbs, textured soy protein, modified cornstarch, wheat flour, yellow corn flour, modified potato starch, soy protein, wheat starch, salt, onion powder, baking powder, canola, and/or sunflower and/or palm and/or palm kernel oil, shortening, dried egg powder (contains baker’s yeast, citric acid), modified milk ingredients, corn starch powder, defatted soy flour, potato maltodextrin, corn dextrin, guar gum, spices, browned egg in canola oil

Schneiders Red HotsPork, water, modified corn starch, skim milk powder, salt, potassium lactate, sodium erythorbate, sodium diacetate, sugar, sodium nitrite, wheat flour, spice extractives, garlic powder, smoke

Puritan Meatballs and GravyFormed meatballs (mechanically separated chicken, beef, toasted wheat crumbs, fava bean protein, salt), water, enriched wheat flour, modified corn starch, glucose-fructose, salt, monosodium glutamate, caramel colour, spice extracts

a. Note that right-from-the-package processed meats are typically exposed to heat, additives, mechanical manipulation and sterilization chemicals during the manufacturing process, and further heat processing prior to consumption.