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The importance of liver consumption in human nutrition
Hájková, Rozálie ; Dostálová, Jana (advisor) ; Jůzl, Miroslav (referee)
The bachelor thesis addresses the importance of liver consumption in human nutrition. The theoretical part describes the nutritional composition, compares the differences between livers of various animal species, and presents possible forms of liver consumption with their nutritional benefits and potential health risks. A separate chapter is devoted to possible reasons for not consuming liver. In addition to some health contraindications, these include common myths related to liver and its excessive content of harmful substances such as heavy metals or antibiotic residues. The first objective of this thesis was to determine the availability of liver and liver-containing foods in the Albert hypermarket. Here, 29 different foods were found, of which only two were chilled liver. The rest consisted of liver dumplings and soups containing them, canned cod liver and frozen mixed offal. However, the most common food containing liver was pâté, with 17 different varieties. Hence, these products are the focus of the following objective: to compare the composition and nutritional values of liver-containing pâtés. Significant differences were found, particularly in the fat and protein content and, in terms of ingredients, in the percentage of liver, the addition of cheaper meat substitutes and the number of...
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