Processed meat, additive, determination

Besides the estimation of the animal species and the control of additives, the analysis of processed meats is associated with verifying composition. Here the emphasis is on the content of extraneous added water, carbohydrate-containing thickeners and binders, nonmeat protein additives and fat. In addition, the determination of nitrites, nitrates, nitrosamines and, for enhancing the... 

Bone is found occasionally on archaeological sites when conditions of preservation permit. Bone most often occurs at the inedible waste of meals or the remains of human burial. In addition, bone and other skeletal tissue from animals (teeth, antler, shell, horn) was often used to make certain kinds of tools and equipment. Archaeozoologists are trained to identify the genus and species of animal from small pieces of bone, as well as to determine the age and sex of the animals, how bone was fragmented, and how many individual animals are represented in a set of bones. Bone can answer questions about whether animals were scavenged, hunted, or herded, their age and sex, about how animals were butchered, about how important meat was to the diet, when animals died, and the process of domestication. 

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