Will Australians Eat Alternative Proteins?

Foods, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(9), P. 1526 - 1526

Published: April 26, 2025

Australia, which has one of the world’s highest per capita meat consumption rates, is hesitant toward adopting alternative proteins. This study examines consumer perceptions protein alternatives and their perceived safety, nutritional value, health risks, cost willingness to incorporate them into diets. Using a mixed-methods approach, survey 520 Australians aged 18 64 revealed that while proteins are viewed as occasional dietary options, younger consumers—despite tendency favour traditional food choices—show interest in plant-based milk algae-based products. However, across all generations, regular meats, insects cultured remains low. These findings highlight evolving attitudes, challenges market growth, importance fostering greater trust encourage wider adoption Addressing generational differences resistance will be essential for expanding penetration.

Language: Английский

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The Role of Plant-Based Diets in Preventing and Mitigating Chronic Kidney Disease: More Light than Shadows

Journal of Clinical Medicine, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12(19), P. 6137 - 6137

Published: Sept. 22, 2023

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a non-communicable that affects >10% of the general population worldwide; number patients affected by CKD increasing due in part to rise risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. As many studies show, diet can be an important tool for preventing mitigating onset diseases. Plant-based diets (PBDs) are those emphasize consumption plant foods may or not include small moderate amounts animal foods. Recently, these have received interest because they been associated with favourable effects on health also appear protect against development progression CKD. PBDs, which protein restrictions, seem offer adjunctive advantages chronic disease, compared conventional low-protein proteins. The principal aims this review provide comprehensive overview existing literature regarding role plant-based low-protein, context disease. Moreover, we try clarify definition diets, then analyse possible concerns about use PBDs (nutritional deficiency hyperkalaemia risk). Finally, some strategies increase nutritional value diets. In Materials Methods section, (e.g., very-low-protein vegan diet, LPD) were considered. Results Conclusion current data, most from observational studies, agree upon protective effect function. advanced CKD, options, especially supplemented heteroanalogues (VLPDs), LPD advances terms delaying dialysis metabolic disturbances. However, further necessary better investigate cardiovascular LPDs versus LPDs.

Language: Английский

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The environmental impact, ingredient composition, nutritional and health impact of meat alternatives: A systematic review

Trends in Food Science & Technology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 149, P. 104483 - 104483

Published: April 10, 2024

The promotion of dietary shifts towards reduced meat consumption and increased plant protein consumption, has resulted in availability alternatives which are products made from non-meat proteins to replicate the organoleptic functional properties meat. However, a knowledge gap exists on impact production these environment human health. This systematic review aims address this research by evaluating literature ingredient composition, environmental, nutritional health compared Five databases, reference lists web alerts were searched identify articles published 2011-2023. 54 included review. Meat have lower environmental than beef pork similar chicken. contain more ingredients, allergens food additives comparable products. Overall, had contents total saturated fat, zinc vitamin B12, higher carbohydrates, sugars, fibre, salt/sodium, iron calcium Protein or for depending category. A limited number single test meal studies short-term trials investigated alternative outcomes, however, studies, no adverse effects observed. Further examining outcomes is needed better understand role foods (if any) healthy sustainable patterns.

Language: Английский

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The Activities of the Slovenian Strategic Council for Nutrition 2023/24 to Improve the Health of the Slovenian Population and the Sustainability of Food: A Narrative Review

Nutrients, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(20), P. 4390 - 4390

Published: Oct. 16, 2023

The health status of individuals in Slovenia across age groups is a matter concern, as current unsustainable lifestyle choices are already leading to various chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Outdated national dietary guidelines, their inconsistent implementation, and lack structural changes represent obstacles promoting healthy sustainable nutrition. Limited access rising prices healthy, foods, addition the high availability low-priced, highly processed increase risk NCDs. systematic monitoring early disease detection poses challenge. Global local environmental issues, resistance, and/or inability adopt healthier diets hinder from changing nutritional behaviours. In this narrative review, we provide an overview situation well planned activities initiated by Slovenian government Prime Minister’s Strategic Council for Nutrition, aiming make progress supporting nutrition, limiting food waste, increasing foods all. Improving sustainability system can contribute several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ensuring Slovenia’s commitment internationally agreed-upon targets. This could lead take role pilot country testing implementing necessary systemic changes, which be further applied other countries.

Language: Английский

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Nutritional and health benefits and risks of plant-based substitute foods

Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 14

Published: Oct. 26, 2023

Plant-based substitutes (PBS) are seen as a convenient way to transition more plant-based diet, but their potential health benefits and nutritional concerns remain debated. Based on review of the literature, it is concluded here that primary risk insufficient nutrient intake with PBS iron calcium, which critical value PBS. Other risks were identified these would depend characteristics overall case for iodine in diet containing no seafood or dairy, vitamin B12 vegetarian/vegan diet. Conversely, use also expected confer some long-term because result higher fibre intakes (in meat PBS) lower SFA (but PUFA/MUFA intakes), attention should be paid increase sodium products. In fact, recurring finding this was very heterogeneous food category involving considerable variations ingredient composition, whose design could improved order foster benefits. The latter animal being replaced only deemed likely when replace red meat. fortification key nutrients such calcium may constitute an actionable public solution further shift balance favour context current dietary western countries.

Language: Английский

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Variation in nutritional composition of Strychnos spinosa Lam. morphotypes in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 23, 2024

Abstract Fruits of Strychnos spinosa Lam. hold considerable food value within rural communities. However, no study has reported the nutritional profile S. morphotypes. Therefore, this is aimed to determine variation among Proximate composition was analyzed using association official analytical chemists’ methods, and minerals with inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. The following were ranges proximate nutrient content determined: moisture (10.29–60.50%); fat (0.95–2.67%); crude protein (2.85–9.19%); ash (4.78–18.05%); carbohydrates (37.39–42.24%); acid detergent fibre (7.94–21.75%), neutral (16.46–42.55%); calcium (0.30–35 mg/100 g); potassium (810–2510 phosphorus (9–69 sodium (7–54 magnesium (9–55 copper (0.10–2.70 iron (0.10–5.50 manganese (0.30–2.43 g) zinc (0.10–0.80 g). Calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, iron, manganese, fat, fibre, sodium, showed positive principal components. Biplot dendrogram grouped morphotypes high low independently. Carbohydrates, protein, calcium, potassium, higher than those in commercialized fruits. This species promising for domestication commercialization, thereby contributes significantly towards security.

Language: Английский

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Health and functional advantages of cheese containing soy protein and soybean-derived casein

Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: July 23, 2024

The global food system faces a challenge of sustainably producing enough food, and especially protein, to meet the needs growing population. In developed countries, approximately 2/3 protein comes from animal sources 1/3 plants. For an assortment reasons, dietary recommendations call for populations in these countries replace some their with plant protein. Because it is difficult substantially change habits, increasing may require creation novel foods that nutritional, orosensory, functional attributes consumers desire. contrast plant-based milks, cheeses have not been widely embraced by consumers. existing do satisfactorily mimic dairy cheese as proteins are unable replicate properties casein, which plays such key role cheese. One possible solution overcome current constraints currently being explored, produce hybrid products containing soy soybean-derived casein. Producing casein utilizing traditional genetic engineering tools, like

Language: Английский

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Anti-inflammatory potential of mycoprotein peptides obtained from fermentation of Schizophyllum commune DS1 with young apples

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 136638 - 136638

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Animal Protein-Based Fat Replacers: New Prospective and Applications in Dairy Products and Their Analogues

Food Reviews International, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 26

Published: Oct. 30, 2024

Freshly, consumers gave full awareness about the diet ingredients, namely fats and sugar, their consequences. Fat replacers "mimetics" are, therefore, recently utilized in many foodstuffs to imitate technological sensorial functions of lipids without unhealthy side effects. Meanwhile, shortage structural knowledge on aspect, functional properties, applications, challenges, stability features fat replacers-based animal proteins (FR-AP) significantly impedes advancement sustainable constituents. This review summarizes use protein microparticles, nanofibers, microgels, oleogels as dairy products alternatives. We also highlighted advantages limitations FR-AP be a platform for further industrial applications valorization. However, although current evidence is promising, large-scale studies are still needed instead pilot ones. The mechanism through which health benefits bioavailability granted rare. Therefore, we have compiled research results from recent with future needs.

Language: Английский

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Plant-based meat alternatives and cardiometabolic health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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