López-Alonso, MartaMartaLópez-AlonsoMiranda, MartaMartaMirandaBenedito, José LuisJosé LuisBeneditoPereira, VictorVictorPereiraGarcía-Vaquero, MarcoMarcoGarcía-Vaquero2016-12-202017-11-012016 Elsev2016-11Meat Sciencehttp://hdl.handle.net/10197/8232The aim of this study was to evaluate essential and toxic element concentration of ten commercially available veal cuts, together with diaphragm, cardiac muscle and liver tissue from 10 animals of 'Galician Supreme Veal'. Essential trace elements (Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Se and Zn) and toxic elements (As, Cd, Hg and Pb) were determined by ICP-MS. Essential trace element concentrations ranged from 0.002–55.64 mg/kg between muscles. Toxic element concentrations were very low, and high numbers of samples showed unquantifiable residues of Cd and Pb. Veal cuts including muscles with a high proportion of oxidative slow-twitch fibers (diaphragm and cardiac muscle) showed significantly higher essential trace element concentrations, the lower concentrations being found in veal cuts including glycolytic fast-twitch fibers (eye round). Our results suggest that essential and toxic trace element concentration could be used as a new meat quality parameter, or to add further value to certain products (i.e. livestock reared on extensive systems with high physical activity).enThis is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Meat Science. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Meat Science (VOL 121, ISSUE 2016, (2016)) DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2016.05.013.Meat and muscleCattle and beefGalician Supreme VealEssential and toxic metalsJournal Article121475210.1016/j.meatsci.2016.05.0132016-12-06https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/