Nutrient composition and sensory evaluation of fillets from wild-type Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, Linnaeus) and a red hybrid (Florida red tilapia × red O. niloticus) |
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Authors: | Mario Garduñ o-Lugo,Juan Ramó n Herrera-Solí s,Jesú s Ofelia Angulo-Guerrero,Germá n Muñ oz-Có rdova,& Javier De la Cruz-Medina |
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Affiliation: | Centro de Enseñanza, Investigación y Extensión en Ganadería Tropical (CEIEGT), Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Veracruz, México; Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo en Alimentos (UNIDA) Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz, Secretaría de Educación Pública, Veracruz, México |
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Abstract: | A comparison of composition and sensory evaluation were performed on fillets of Oreochromis niloticus (wild type) and red hybrid tilapia (RHT) (Florida red tilapia ♂× red O. niloticus♀). Fifty male tilapia, 25 O. niloticus (initial weight 159.3 g) and 25 red hybrid (initial weight 132.4 g), were placed in each of three 2.0 m3 volume tanks. The fish were fed a commercial feed containing 35.9% crude protein during the 120‐day experimental period and then killed in cold water (3°C). All the fish were filleted. Twelve fillets from each treatment were used for proximate analyses, five fillets from each treatment were used for fatty acids analyses and the remaining fillets were used for sensory evaluation. The compositional analyses showed similar moisture, true protein and ash content in both genetic groups, but a lower crude fat content was measured in the red hybrid fillets (0.70%) compared with that of O. niloticus fillets (0.97%). No differences between O. niloticus and the red hybrid were observed in their fillet profile of fatty acids. In the sensory evaluation test, a difference in fillet flavour between both genetic groups was perceived. Of the 112 consumers in the preference test, 81.2% perceived a difference in fillet flavour between the two tilapias, with a general preference for the red hybrid over the wild‐type O. niloticus. The benefits of cultivating a RHT with a low lipid content are discussed. |
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Keywords: | tilapia Oreochromis body composition sensory evaluation |
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