Characteristics and consumer acceptance of healthier meat and meat product formulations—a review.

Awareness of health and nutrition has led to the
development of “functional foods” which is a new approach
to achieve healthier status thus reducing the risk of
diseases. Meat has been highly exploited as a functional
ingredient/food in recent years wherein meat has either
been modified or incorporated into non meat products.
Changing consumer demand has influenced the market for
all types of meat. The development and marketing the
functional foods can be, however, very challenging compared
to the foods that conventionally have a high health
image. This review gives the overall perception about
importance of using meat/meat products as a functional
food.