This investigation was designed to evaluate the effects of feeding either free range or in confinement using concentrated diets with the same ingredients and oil source (5.5% of olive oleins) but with different antioxidant supplementation [control diet with a basal level of a-tocopheryl acetate (control); 200 mg/kg synthetic all-rac-a-tocopheryl acetate (E all-rac ); 200 mg/kg natural RRR-a-tocopheryl-acetate (E RRR-); flavonoid extract-enriched diet (A Flav ); and phenolic compound-enriched extract (A Phen )] on the fatty acid composition and lipid oxidation of Iberian pig muscle longissimus dorsi. The a-tocopherol concentration was significantly higher in muscles from free-range and E RRR-pigs than in muscles from E all-rac pigs, and g-tocopherol was only detected in muscles from free-range pigs. Longissimus dorsi muscles from free-range pigs had a significantly lower content of saturated fatty acids and higher content of polyunsaturated fatty acids than muscles from the other five groups of pigs fed in confinement; however, no significant effect on monounsaturated fatty acids was observed. No effect of dietary antioxidant supplementation (synthetic or natural a-tocopherol, flavonoid extract, or phenol extract) on the fatty acid composition of muscles was observed. A significant influence of dietary treatment on lipid oxidation was observed after 3 (P , 0.01), and 7 and 10 (P , 0.001) days of refrigerated storage, respectively. The lowest thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) values were found in pork chops from the free-range and E RRR-groups, intermediate values from the E all-rac group, followed by A Flav and A Phen , while the highest TBARS values corresponded to muscles from pigs fed the control concentrate. The source of a-tocopherol had a significant effect on lipid oxidation (P , 0.05), whereas the A Flav and A Phen groups had similar TBARS values.