Copper and zinc can appear in nature under chemical forms, the solubility of theses metals can be determinated bio-availability.Meats from cattle or chicken are sources of proteins and lipids wich are very important for human nutrition. Thermal processing as cooking, refrigeration and freezing can modifie fisical and chemical structures of meats tissues.Samples of meat from cattle and chicken, in two batches of each variety, were thermally processed and conservated in freezer for a month, and the total ratio of copper and zinc was determined through flame atomic absorption spectroscopy. Both the Grubs and t test by Student were used for the analysis. It was observed that, after freezing and thermal processing copper and zinc were lost but the amount of these metals were more than 0.025mg% for copper in almost all samples and 0.3mg% of zinc for chicken meats and 0.6mg% for cattle meats.
copper; zinc; thermal processing; freezing; meats
