ReviewResources, conservation, and recycling2023
Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints.
Review in Resources, conservation, and recycling, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 145 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Environmental Impacts of Cultivated (Lab-Based) Blue Foods.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Species selection criteria for sustainable bacterial single cell protein.NPJ science of food · 2026Review
- Trends in Sodium Content of Meat-Based Versus Meat-Free Menu Items in 75 Large Chain Restaurants in the U.S., 2013-2021.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Environmental and economic impact of a vegan versus traditional mediterranean diet: OMNIVEG study.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- From Charcuterie to Plant-Based: HarnessingFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Nutritional, Ethical and Ecological Aspects of Cultured Meat with Particular Emphasis on Functional Food Production: A Comprehensive Literature Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Comparing meat alternatives for a sustainable food system.NPJ science of food · 2026Article
- Future Protein Sources in Sports Nutrition: Sustainable Solutions.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Have the environmental benefits of insect farming been overstated? A critical review.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Genomic insights into dominant lactic acid bacteria in spoiled plant-based meat analogues.Current research in food science · 2026Article
- Sustainable proteins for future food systems: nutritional quality, environmental trade-offs, and consumer acceptance.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Environmental Sustainability of Cultivated Meat.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2026Review
- AnFrontiers in toxicology · 2026Article
- Designing Culturally Acceptable, Nutritious, and Low Environmental Impact Finnish Diets with Mycoprotein: A Novel Optimization Approach.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Plant-Based Analogs: Potential Chemical Risks & Mitigation Strategies.Journal of food science · 2025Review
- Potential of Andean Grains as Substitutes for Animal Proteins in Vegetarian and Vegan Diets: A Nutritional and Functional Analysis.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Health and environmental impacts of shifting to plant-based analogues: a risk-benefit assessment.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The modern food system is characterized with high environmental impact, which is in many cases associated with increased rates of animal production and overconsumption. The adoption of alternatives to meat proteins (insects, plants, mycoprotein, microalgae, cultured meat, etc.) might potentially influence the environmental impact and human health in a positive or negative way but could also trigger indirect impacts with higher consumption rates. Current review provides a condensed analysis on potential environmental impacts, resource consumption rates and unintended trade-offs associated with integration of alternative proteins in complex global food system in the form of meat substitutes. We focus on emissions of greenhouse gases, land use, non-renewable energy use and water footprint highlighted for both ingredients used for meat substitutes and ready products. The benefits and limitations of meat substitution are highlighted in relation to a weight and protein content. The analysis of the recent research literature allowed us to define issues, that require the attention of future studies.
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