Objective: Low fat duck meat sausages were prepared by replacing the fat in the formulations with Soy Protein Isolate (SPI) and Inulin (I) to find out the best formulation having superior shelf-life without affecting its quality attributes.Methods: Four sausage mix formulations were prepared viz.control (0% SPI and I), T1 (2.5% I), T2 (2.5% SPI) and T3 (2.5% SPI + 2.5% I) replacing duck fat as per the recipe. Five batches of duck meat sausages of each formulation were prepared, and the final products were evaluated for physico-chemical, organoleptic and microbiological qualities.
Results:The % Moisture and Crude Protein (CP) content of the sausages revealed an increasing trend (p<0.01) from control to the treated formulations, while the % Total Ash (TS) contents were found to be non-significant (p>0.05). On the contrary, the per cent ether extract decreased significantly (p<0.01) from the control to the treated groups. In terms of calorie value, control samples exhibited the highest values with a significant (p<0.01) regression from control to treated formulation, respectively. The colour profile study (L, a*, b*) of the formulations were found to be non-significant. Texture profile study in terms of springiness, cohesiveness, chewiness and resilience revealed no significant difference in all the treatment groups except the hardness scores, which revealed a significantly (p<0.01) increasing trend from control to the treated formulations. The Total Viable Count (TVC) showed a significant decrease in the treated groups. However, there was a significant increase in the bacterial load during the storage till day 15 th . The Total Viable Psychrophilic Bacterial Count (TVPBC) showed a significant (p<0.01) increase in bacterial load from day 5 th to 15 th day of storage. Colititre counts were negative for all the formulations until the 15 th day of storage.