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Amino acids provide key nutritional value, and significantly contribute to taste and flavor of meat. Here, we review the role of free amino acids in the muscle fibers in meat quality and sensory signals. We furthermore discuss how dietary supplementation of free amino acids and their derivatives (e.g. tryptophan, threonine, arginine, lysine, leucine, glutamate, threonine, sarcosine, betaines, and cysteamine) can influence these attributes. The available data shows that the quality of the meat is subject to the amino acids that are provided in the animal feed.
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Ma, X., Yu, M., Liu, Z. et al. Effect of amino acids and their derivatives on meat quality of finishing pigs. J Food Sci Technol 57, 404–412 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-019-04077-x
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