Plant-Based Meat, Isn't Nutritionally Equivalent, to Animal Meat, Study Suggests.
Researchers from Duke University say that
meat products and plant-based substitutes
are not “truly nutritionally interchangeable.”.
The team believes their findings
can help consumers make
informed decisions regarding their diet.
If you peek behind the curtain
using metabolomics and look
at expanded nutritional profiles,
we found that there are large
differences between meat
and a plant-based meat alternative, Stephan van Vliet, study co-author, via The Independent.
If you peek behind the curtain
using metabolomics and look
at expanded nutritional profiles,
we found that there are large
differences between meat
and a plant-based meat alternative, Stephan van Vliet, study co-author, via The Independent.
Researchers compared 18 samples of plant-based
meat alternatives to an equal number
of grass-fed ground beef samples.
The team found 171 out of the 190 metabolites
they measured varied between the two.
The beef samples contained 22 metabolites
that the plant substitutes did not.
The plant-based meat contained 31 metabolites not found in the real meat.
Several metabolites known to be important
to human health were absent from
plant-based meat or in lesser quantities.
It is important for consumers to understand
that these products should not be viewed
as nutritionally interchangeable, but
that’s not to say that one is better than
the other. Plant and animal foods can
be complementary, because they
provide different nutrients, Stephan van Vliet, study co-author,
via The Independent.
It is important for consumers to understand
that these products should not be viewed
as nutritionally interchangeable, but
that’s not to say that one is better than
the other. Plant and animal foods can
be complementary, because they
provide different nutrients, Stephan van Vliet, study co-author,
via The Independent.
The team called for further studies on the short and long-term effects of particular metabolites in meat and plant-based meat alternatives