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Abstract
This study investigated the chemical composition, nutritional value, safety, and acceptability of fresh (FR) and commercial sun dried spider conch (L. lambis) meats, Srombaa, (SR) brought from the Red Sea Coast, Egypt. New acceptable products from fresh one which include dehydrated edible meat pieces (DM), an instant dehydrated soup product (IS) and frozen hot smoked edible meat pieces (HM) were evaluated and examined the changes in the keeping quality. The results indicated that all conch products are considered good protein sources with up to 45% on dry weight basis. Values of Na, K, Ca and P of FR and SR conch provide their recommended nutritional requirements. Also, oil of these conch meats were rich in unsaturated fatty acids particularly omega-3. TBA and TVB-N values in SR process increased to 3.9% and 18.6%, respectively while did not exceed 1.26% and 14.98%, respectively in IS, DM and HM after storage for three months. The sensory panelists rated the overall acceptability of the sun dried conch meat to be fair to good while IS, DM and HM were ranged from extremely like to very good like, before and through storage period. Microbiological quality of this product was at the safe level.