Composition differences between organic and conventional meat: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 994-1011

  ͆rednicka Tober, Dominika ^a,e   Barański, Marcin ^a   Seal, Chris ^b   Sanderson, Roy ^a   Benbrook, Charles ^c   Steinshamn, Håvard ^d   Gromadzka Ostrowska, Joanna ^e   Rembiałkowska, Ewa ^e   Skwarło Sońta, Krystyna ^f   Eyre, Mick ^a   Cozzi, Giulio ^g   Krogh Larsen, Mette ^h   Jordon, Teresa ^a   Niggli, Urs ⁱ   Sakowski, Tomasz ^j   Calder, Philip C ^k   Burdge, Graham C ^k   Sotiraki, Smaragda ^l   Stefanakis, Alexandros ^l   Yolcu, Halil ^a,m   Stergiadis, Sokratis ^a,n   Chatzidimitriou, Eleni ^a   Butler, Gillian ^a   Stewart, Gavin ^a   Leifert, Carlo ^a   more..

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Benbrook Consulting Services   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^j INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^l INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^m GUMUSHANE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Animal products; Iron; Meat; Meat fat composition; n 3 PUFA; n 6 PUFA; Organic foods

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FATTY ACID; MINERAL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; BREED DIFFERENCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGE; GRAZING; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FOOD; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DIET; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOOD, ORGANIC; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84959419250     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515005073     Document Type: Review

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