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Prache S., Adamiec C., Astruc T., Baeza E., Bouillot P. E., Clinquart A., Feidt C., Fourat Estelle, Gautron J., Girard A., Guillier L., Kesse-Guyot E., Lebret B., Lefevre F., Le Perchec S., Martin B., Mirade P. S., Pierre F., Raulet M., Remond D., Sans P., Souchon I., Donnars C., Sante-Lhoutellier V. (2023). La qualité des aliments d'origine animale : enseignements d'une expertise scientifique collective. INRA Productions Animales, 36 (1), p. 7480 [17 p.]. ISSN 2273-774X.

Titre du document
La qualité des aliments d'origine animale : enseignements d'une expertise scientifique collective
Année de publication
2023
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000999108400003
Auteurs
Prache S., Adamiec C., Astruc T., Baeza E., Bouillot P. E., Clinquart A., Feidt C., Fourat Estelle, Gautron J., Girard A., Guillier L., Kesse-Guyot E., Lebret B., Lefevre F., Le Perchec S., Martin B., Mirade P. S., Pierre F., Raulet M., Remond D., Sans P., Souchon I., Donnars C., Sante-Lhoutellier V.
Source
INRA Productions Animales, 2023, 36 (1), p. 7480 [17 p.] ISSN 2273-774X
This article critically reviews the state of knowledge on the quality of animal-source foods according to animal production and food processing conditions, including consumer expectations-behaviours and the effects of consumption of animal-source foods on human health. Quality has been defined through seven core attributes: safety, commercial, sensory, nutritional, technological, convenience, and image. Image covers ethical, cultural and environmental dimensions associated with the origin of the food and the way it is produced and processed. This framework enables to highlight the priorities given to the different quality attributes. It also helps to identify potential antagonisms and synergies among quality attributes, between production and processing stages, and among stakeholders. Primacy is essentially given to commercial quality attributes, especially for standard-commodity animal-source foods. This primacy has strongly influenced genetic selection and farming practices in all livestock commodity chains and enabled substantial quantitative gains, although at the expense of other quality traits. Focal issues are the destructuring of chicken muscle that compromises sensory, nutritional and image quality attributes, and the fate of males in the egg and dairy sectors, which have heavily specialized their animals. Quality can be gained but can also be lost throughout the farm-to-fork continuum. Our review highlights critical factors and periods throughout animal production and food processing routes, such as on-farm practices, notably animal feeding, pre-slaughter and slaughter phases, food processing techniques, and food formulation. It also reveals on-farm and processing factors that create antagonisms among quality attributes, such as the castration of male pigs, the substitution of marine-source feed by plant-based feed in fish, and the use of sodium nitrite in meat processing. These antagonisms require scientific data to identify trade-offs among quality attributes and/or solutions to help overcome these tensions. There are also food products that value synergies between quality attributes and between production and processing phases, particularly Geographical Indications. Human epidemiological studies have found associations between consumption of animal-source foods and increased or decreased risk for chronic non-communicable diseases. These associations have informed public health recommendations. However, they have not yet considered animal production and food processing conditions. A concerted and collaborative effort is needed from scientists working in animal science, food process engineering, consumer science, human nutrition and epidemiology in order to address this research gap. Avenues for research and main options for policy action are discussed.
Plan de classement
Santé : généralités [050] ; Nutrition, alimentation [054] ; Sciences du monde animal [080]
Description Géographique
EUROPE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010088265]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010088265
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