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Meat is an important food product that provides our body with nutrients with a unique composition and structure. The protein content makes it extremely necessary in the process of growth and building ...
Meat is an important food product that provides our body with nutrients with a unique composition and structure. The protein content makes it extremely necessary in the process of growth and building of important structures and organs, which is a condition for sustainable health in the long run.
Tradition for human history is the use of meat in the diet not only in its pure form, but also its application in sausages.
The creation of specialized children's sausages on the other hand ensures that in addition to useful substances, the content of the product will be consistent with the characteristics of the child's body to absorb naturally occurring substances in meat and on the other hand will control the addition of substances needed for production and demand. to flavor the product, which could harm the fine metabolism at this fragile age.
Meat is a key ingredient in sausages. Particularly valuable for the body is the meat of muscle tissue, which has the highest protein content (15-22%), and respectively valuable substances and low fat content.
Meat contains important proteins such as actin, myosin, actomyosin and others that are necessary for muscle function and development.
There are also valuable amino acids in a suitable ratio for the human body such as tryptophan, lysine, arginine.
Tryptophan is an amino acid that helps our body produce serotonin, an extremely important neurotransmitter responsible for good mood and well-being, for example. Lysine plays an important role in the development of bone tissue and promotes the absorption of calcium. In addition, it is a necessary element for the immune system in the production of enzymes, hormones and antibodies, to protect the body against viruses and other harmful microorganisms. These two valuable amino acids are not synthesized by the human body and their only supply is through food, mainly through meat consumption.
Arginine is needed for the formation of muscle tissue and the reduction of body fat. It is a conditionally essential acid, which means that it is excreted from the body depending on the stage of development and health. For children and in case of illness, its additional intake through food is extremely important.
Meat is the main source of B vitamins - Vitamin B1, vitamin B6 and niacin, necessary for metabolism in the body.
The mineral composition that supplies the meat is extremely rich. Its consumption provides potassium, phosphorus, sodium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, and the presence of iron makes meat almost indispensable for our body product. More iron is found in lean red meat.
It is a known fact that the consumption of animal fats, which are contained in bacon and colorful meats, leads to a number of health problems, which makes their use in children's nutrition inadequate.
Less fat are white meats, such as poultry, which is why they are extremely preferred in the production of specialized meat products, dietary and children's, such as ham, sausages, fresh sausages and others.
Sausages, for the production of which quality lean meat is used - rich in nutrients, the composition of harmful ingredients is controlled and other useful are added to improve not only the taste but also the nutritional characteristics of product are defined as functional.
These products do not contain soy, gluten, colorants and excess preservatives, and the salt content is limited.
Quality meat, selected low in fat, and the lack of these nutrients do not burden the metabolism and the body as a whole, as a result of which the likelihood of intolerance and allergies is minimized.
The nutritional and taste characteristics of sausages can be improved by introducing other natural products into them, such as milk for more calcium and carrots, which, in addition to providing beta-carotene, also give a delicate pleasure when consumed.
Vitamin C can also be added as an element of the antioxidant complex, providing higher resistance of the body against disease.
With such content and useful composition, functional products provide the body with useful substances, especially necessary in the process of growth in children.
The useful product for the child requires not only a high standard of quality, but also that it is consistent with the characteristics of the users for whom it is intended.