Restructured meat products - production, processing and marketing: a review

Importance of meat and meat products in human health is well known. Many times meat and meat products are blamed that their consumption is associated with cardiovascular diseases and colorectal cancer. Researchers and food processors around the globe are making efforts to improve the quality of meat and meat products by altering its composition. Due to changing scenario and awareness, consumers prefer meat product with less fat, low sodium and rich fibre with minimum synthetic chemicals. The restructured meat product offers multiple benefits of economy, low fat and calorific value. Advances during production, processing, preservation and marketing of restructured meat products are discussed.