Proximate composition, color and nutritional profile of raw and cooked goose meat with different methods

Proximate composition, color and nutritional profile of raw and cooked goose breast and leg meats were investigated. Water, pH, L* value, total saturated fatty acid (SFA), total polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), Ca, K, Mg, P and Zn contents of leg meat were higher than those of breast meat, while protein, fat, a* value, b* value, total monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA), Na and Fe contents of breast meat were higher than those of leg meat. pH of breast meat increased with cooking, whereas pH of leg meat decreased. L* and a* values of the samples decreased with cooking, while b* values increased. Cooking caused a decrease in total MUFA content of breast meat, whereas total PUFA content increased. On the other hand, total SFA content of leg meat decreased with cooking, while total MUFA content increased. Cooking caused an increase Ca, Mg, P, Fe and Zn contents of breast meat, while only Fe content of cooked leg meat increased.