Artificial digestion is a laboratory technique that reduces food to protein, fat, carbohydrates, fiber, minerals, vitamins, and non-nutrient compounds for analytical or research purposes.
Artificial digestion is used to detect the presence of encysted trichinella larvae in suspected muscle tissue.
Prior to this method, a sample of muscle tissue was compressed to visually express the encysted parasite.
[1][2] Artificial stomach and small intestine models are used instead of laboratory animals or human test subjects.
These models are used to study food digestion and subsequent bioavailability.