Lemna minor: Unlocking the Value of This Duckweed for the Food and Feed Industry

Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(10), P. 1435 - 1435

Published: May 7, 2024

Duckweed (Lemna minor L.) is a small floating aquatic plant that has an important economic impact in several industrial areas. With its high biomass production, reasonable protein content, and resilience to climates, it been attracting increasing interest for potential use animal human food systems. Historically consumed southwest Asia, this duckweed now gaining attention as novel Europe. This manuscript explores the contributions of various feed industries, including aquaculture livestock, while also pointing out incipient research carried consumption. Most importantly, highlights Lemna vegetable future consumption whether eaten whole or through extraction nutrients.

Language: Английский

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Consumer cognition and attitude towards artificial meat in China

Future Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9, P. 100294 - 100294

Published: Jan. 6, 2024

This study focuses on Chinese consumers' cognition and attitude towards artificial meat, including cultured meat plant-based meat. The is measured by three aspects: willingness to accept (WTA), taste (WTT), buy (WTB). results indicate that more favorable than Consumers' positively correlated with their of dietary knowledge, information intervention. Compared those who have not heard about consumers are aware it 8%-36% higher probabilities accepting, tasting, buying respectively. A one-point increase in knowledge leads a 2%-4% WTA, WTT, WTB. Consumers receive positive significantly WTB, ranging from 13% 28%. WTB also relate education level, marriage status, family age structure. contributes the existing literature attitudes provides better understanding potential challenges marketizing China.

Language: Английский

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Are plant-based meat analogues fulfilling their potentials? An Australian perspective

Future Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9, P. 100305 - 100305

Published: Jan. 27, 2024

The plant-based meat analogue (PBMA) market in Australia is growing, as it globally, based on the potential of products' healthiness and sustainability. current commercially available PBMAs assessed sustainability followed by a comparison plant proteins which have demonstrated desirable functionality with those used PBMAs. Robust evidence supports claims over products. Regarding healthiness, macro scale, there nutritional equivalence; however, micro most commercial lack essential minerals vitamins (such iron vitamin B12). There low diversity PBMAs, poor representation numerous within scientific literature. This review highlights likely reasons limiting provides insights into how these products can fulfil their regarding healthiness.

Language: Английский

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Mapping the evidence of novel plant-based foods: a systematic review of nutritional, health, and environmental impacts in high-income countries

Nutrition Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 11, 2024

Abstract Context Shifting from current dietary patterns to diets rich in plant-based (PB) foods and lower animal-based (ABFs) is generally regarded as a suitable strategy improve nutritional health reduce environmental impacts. Despite the recent growth supply of demand for novel (NPBFs), comprehensive overview lacking. Objectives This review provides synthesis available evidence, highlights challenges, informs public strategies purposeful political decision-making by systematically searching, analyzing, summarizing literature. Data Sources Five peer-reviewed databases grey literature sources were rigorously searched publications. Extraction Study characteristics meeting inclusion criteria regarding NPBF nutrient composition outcomes high-income countries extracted. analysis Fifty-seven 36 identified; these published 2016–2022. NPBFs typically have substantially impacts than ABFs, but contents are complex vary considerably across brands, product type, main primary ingredient. In limited evidence on impacts, shifts ABFs PB meats associated with positive outcomes. However, results mixed drinks, links micronutrient deficiencies. Conclusion If carefully selected, certain potential be healthier nutrient-rich alternatives smaller footprints. More disaggregated categorization various types would helpful step guiding consumers key stakeholders make informed decisions. To enable policymaking transitions part wider net-zero strategy, future priorities should include food standards, labelling, subdivisions or categorizations NPBFs, well short- long-term studies evaluating standardized impact assessments, ideally independent funders.

Language: Английский

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Maillard reaction products and metabolite profile of plant-based meat burgers compared with traditional meat burgers and cooking-induced alterations

Food Chemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 445, P. 138705 - 138705

Published: Feb. 10, 2024

We are undergoing a food transformation with the introduction of plant-based meat analogues, but little is known about their chemical characteristics. This study aimed to elucidate Maillard reactions in burger alternatives (PBMBA). For this purpose, NMR-based metabolomics and targeted MS analysis dehydroalanine pathway markers were conducted on six PBMBA prototypes different proportions high-moisture protein extrudates, low-moisture extrudates pea commercial before after cooking. Results revealed that higher levels reaction present PBMBAs uncooked state, lower formed during cooking compared conventional meat. The metabolite profile disclosed distinct pattern could be attributed substrate availability, data also pre-processing plant affects presence products PBMBAs.

Language: Английский

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