Se evaluó la sustitución de grasa animal por grasa vegetal en un producto escaldado utilizando la carne de búfalo en un salchichón seleccionado por su aceptabilidad en Colombia. Las formulaciones experimentales fueron preparadas por triplicado utilizando aceite de soya, cañóla y girasol en 5%, 10% y 15%, estas fueron comparadas frente a un patrón, en el cual se utilizo carnes de vacuno y grasa animal. La humedad, proteína, grasa y textura (Warner-Bratzler) fueron determinadas por duplicado. La aceptabilidad fue evaluada con panel sensorial no entrenado. Los datos experimentales fueron evaluados mediante estadística descriptiva con análisis vahanza multivahado y univahado, y establecieron que no hubo diferencias significativas entre las diferentes formulaciones con soya y girasol. El análisis sensorial definió como mejor producto el salchichón resultante del aceite de soya al 10%.

The substitution of animal fat by vegetable fat in a heat processed meat sausage, made of buffalo meat, was evaluated. The meat sausage developed was salchichón, a product widely accepted by consumers in Colombia. Experimental formulations of meat sausage were prepared in triplícate with soybean, sunflower and cañóla oils at 5, 10 and 15% concentrations. These formulations were compared with a standard formulation of meat sausage with animal fat. Moisture, protein, fat and texture (Warner-Bratzler) were determined in duplícate. Acceptability was evaluated by an untrained sensory panel. The experimental results were subjected to univahate and multivariate analyses of variance. No significant differences were found between the formulations with soybean and sunflower oils. The formulation with 10% soybean oil was defined as the best product.