Nutritional characterization of some Romanian mountain products

Adriana Laura Mihai; Mihaela Multescu; Mioara Negoiță; Gabriela-Andreea Horneț; Ioan Surdu; Alexandru-Sabin Nicula

doi:10.35219/foodtechnology.2022.2.08

Adriana Laura Mihai National Research and Development Institute for Food Bioresources – IBA Bucharest, Romania http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5925-0707
Mihaela Multescu National Research and Development Institute for Food Bioresources – IBA Bucharest, Romania http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6071-4185
Mioara Negoiță National Research and Development Institute for Food Bioresources – IBA Bucharest, Romania http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7468-9088
Gabriela-Andreea Horneț National Research and Development Institute for Food Bioresources – IBA Bucharest, Romania http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2802-5061
Ioan Surdu Centre for Mountain Economy (CE-MONT), National Institute for Economic Research ”Costin C. Kirițescu”, Romanian Academy, Romania http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-5112
Alexandru-Sabin Nicula Centre for Mountain Economy (CE-MONT), National Institute for Economic Research ”Costin C. Kirițescu”, Romanian Academy; Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, Centre for Research on Settlements and Urbanism, Romania http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9772-8588

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Résumé

The consumer demand for healthy and natural products lead to the increased interest of consuming mountain food products. The objective of this work was to evaluate the physical-chemical and sensory characteristics of 8 dairy products and 11 meat products collected from different mountainous pastures from Romania. The protein content of dairy products varied between 37.39-47.90% d.m., while the fat content ranged between 43.63-49.57% d.m. For meat products, the protein content and fat content ranged between 11.69-70.07% d.m., and 17.58-95.92 % d.m., respectively. The fatty acid composition of mountain products was influenced by the pasture location, a better PUFA content being determined for products obtained from farms situated at a higher altitude. This research highlights that the quality of mountain products is strongly influenced by the pasture effects, the type of product analyzed and the technological process.

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