Some chemical additives in canned meat

the thesis study Eighty samples of canned meat ( 20 imported corned beef, 20 imported canned luncheon, 20 local canned meat and 20 local canned sausage) were collected and subjected to chemical examinations.Chemical analysis of the samples revealed that the mean values of protein and fat were 12.8±0.04 %, 10.32±0.04 % in imported corned beef respectively, while they were 11.8±0.07 % and 10.2±0.08 % in imported canned luncheon respectively, on the other hand,Regarding chemical additives, the mean values of nitrites, phosphates, sodium chloride and ascorbate were 100.9±9.2 ppm, 0.5±0.02%, 0.68±0.03% and 244.7±40.6 ppm in imported corned beef respectively, while they were 72.8±5.1 ppm, 0.86±0.01 % , 0.38±0.02 %