Comparative study of different cooking methods on nutritional attributes and fatty acid profile of chicken meat

The effects of different cooking methods (boiling,grilling,frying and microwave roasting) on the nutritional quality of chicken meat were assessed by measuring quality parameters i.e. moisture,ash,protein,fat and fiber contents. the fatty acid composition of chicken fat was analyzed by gc-fid. the chicken fat was found to contain high levels of oleic acid (38.0-47.3%) followed by linolenic acid (13.3-28.0%) and palmitic acid (2.0-13.6%). different cooking methods exhibited significant effect (p ≤ 0.05) on the fatty acid composition and other nutritional parameters of meat samples. generally,fried meat had lower saturated fatty acid contents. it can be concluded from this study that boiling and frying are healthy cooking practices while grilling and microwave roasting show some negative effects.