“…The quantity of salt intake exceeds the World Health Organization recommendations in Brazil, and as such, it is the biggest source of sodium in processed foods, such as meat products (ABIA, ). Some studies have been carried out to reduce the amount of sodium in processed meat products (Carraro, Machado, Espindola, Campagnol, & Pollonio, ; Cluff, Kobane, Bothma, Hugo, & Hugo, ; Pires et al, ; Ruusunen & Puolanne, ). On the other hand, several studies have been carried out in order to improve the lipid profile, reducing the amount of saturated fatty acids in meat products such as salami (Muguerza, Gimeno, Ansorena, & Astiasarán, ), mortadella (Berasategi et al, ; Câmara & Pollonio, ; Prestes et al, ; Saldaña et al, ), hamburger (Martínez et al, ), sausages (Guillevic, Kouba, & Mourot, ), and nuggets (Anjum, Haider, Khan, Sohaib, & Arshad, ).…”