ReviewNutrients2023
Plant-Based Meat Alternatives: Technological, Nutritional, Environmental, Market, and Social Challenges and Opportunities.
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of Substituting Meats with Plant-Based Analogues on Health-Related Markers: A Systematic Review of Human Intervention Studies.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Bioactive Exploration in Functional Foods: Unlocking Nature's Treasures.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2024Pooled it
- Valorization of Miscanthus × giganteus hydrolysates into heme-enriched yeast biomass and extract using xylose-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2026Article
- Preferences for Meat and Meat Alternatives in Different Meal Scenarios: A Dutch Discrete Choice Experiment.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- Nutritional Life Cycle Assessment of Cow Milk in Northern Italy: Implications for Comparisons with Plant-Based Alternatives.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Dietary Intake of Plant-Based Meat Consumers-A Cross-Sectional Analysis Based on the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (Years 2014-2019) in the United Kingdom.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- Quantifying the Relationship Between Key Potential Environmental and Nutritional Health Benefits of Plant-Based Meat Alternatives and Their Price Premiums Compared to Beef.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A cross-sectional study of the cost and nutritional content of plant-based meat-imitation products in supermarkets and plant-based products in restaurants in the United Kingdom.Nutrition and health · 2026Article
- A simple and cost-effective detection of capsule origin source using FTIR-ATR.Journal of food science and technology · 2026Article
- Expected Liking of and Emotional Responses to Alternative Protein Burger Patties Among a Convenience Sample of UK Meat Eaters.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- From Charcuterie to Plant-Based: HarnessingFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Why is there no regulation despite evidence that ultra-processed foods are hazardous to long-term health?Future healthcare journal · 2026Review
- The Incorporation of Sorghum and Cowpea Protein Isolate Into Plant-Based Burgers Improved Their Physicochemical and Sensory Properties.Journal of food science · 2026Article
- Comparing meat alternatives for a sustainable food system.NPJ science of food · 2026Article
- Plant-based analogues to meat and dairy for sustainable food systems.The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society · 2026Review
- Product Development and Consumer Evaluation of Beef-Cricket Hybrid Burgers.International journal of food science · 2026Article
- Fatty acid composition of ground-beef products and their plant-based meat substitutes available in Hungary.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Plant-based meat substitutes on the German market: a characterization based on declared nutrient contents, Nutri-Score, organic and vegan labeling, and use of iodized salt.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Sustainable proteins for future food systems: nutritional quality, environmental trade-offs, and consumer acceptance.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- One Health Approaches to Ethical, Secure, and Sustainable Food Systems and Ecosystems: Plant-Based Diets and Livestock in the African Context.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
There is a growing awareness that fostering the transition toward plant-based diets with reduced meat consumption levels is essential to alleviating the detrimental impacts of the food system on the planet and to improving human health and animal welfare. The reduction in average meat intake may be reached via many possible ways, one possibility being the increased consumption of plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs). For this reason, in recent years, hundreds of products have been launched on the market with sensory attributes (i.e., taste, texture, appearance, and smell) similar to their animal counterparts; however, these products have often a long list of ingredients and their nutritional values are very different from animal meat. The present review aims to highlight the main opportunities and challenges related to the production and consumption of PBMAs through an interdisciplinary approach. Aspects related to the production technology, nutritional profiles, potential impacts on health and the environment, and the current market and consumer acceptance of PBMAs are discussed. Focusing on the growing literature on this topic, this review will also highlight research gaps related to PBMAs that should be considered in the future, possibly through the collaboration of different stakeholders that can support the transition toward sustainable plant-based diets.
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