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Nutritional value of seven demersal fish species from the North Atlantic Azores archipelago

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Valorization of azorean demersal fish species must focus quality. This study aims to assessed the nutritional value, sodium content and fat quality index of seven commercially relevant demersal fish species from the Azores Region: blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), blackbelly rosefish (Helicolenus dactylopterus), splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens), alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus), forkbeard (Phycis phycis), offshore rockfish (Pontinus kuhlii) and common mora (Mora moro). Moisture, ash, crude protein, total sugars, total fat, fatty acid profile, sodium and salt content were assessed. B. splendends, P. kuhlii and P. bogaraveo presented the highest values for crude protein, while P. kuhlii and B. decadactylus presented the biggest value for crude fat. All species were classified as lean. Sodium and salt contents were higher in H. dactylopterus. This study showed the high nutritional value presented in azorean demersal fish species. Nevertheless, B. splendens, H. dactylopterus, P. kuhlii and B. decadactylus revealed higher values of lipid quality indices.

Source: Food Chemistry X

DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2024.102046

Authors: Joana Filipa Furtado Goulart, Alexandre Correia Pereira, António Manuel Barros Marques, Inês do Carmo Alves Martins

Institutions: Universidade dos Açores, Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute

Language: English

Topic: Food and Agricultural Sciences

Subfield: Food Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Life below water, Zero hunger

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,350