Sarah Bissonnette, Sam Brady, and Brian Barley

The experiment involved the analysis of six essential minerals in both veal and beef. The motivation behind the experiment was to determined if veal was healthier than beef in terms of the six essential minerals tested: Ca, K, P, Mn, Cu, and Se. These elements are among fourteen that are considered crucial to the growth and production of bones, teeth, hair, blood, nerves, skin and hormones. Imbalances in any of these may cause health issue and lead to deficiency diseases (2). Three of the minerals (Mn, Cu and Se) were not detected. For the minerals that were detected (Ca, P, K), there was not a significant difference within 95% confidence interval between beef and veal.