Comparative Assessment of the Nutritional Profile of Meat Products and Their Plant-Based Analogues
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Comparative Analysis of the Nutritional Profile of Plant-Based Meat Analogues and Their Meat Equivalents
3.1.1. Burgers
3.1.2. Sausages
3.1.3. Meatballs
3.1.4. Nuggets
3.2. Other Information on the Labels of Plant-Based Meat Analogues
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Burgers | Sausages | Meatballs | Nuggets | |||||
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Plant-Based | Animal | Plant-Based | Animal | Plant-Based | Animal | Plant-Based | Animal | |
Mean | 13.4 | 9.67 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 16 | 12.4 | 16 | 17.4 |
Range | 9–22 | 6–14 | 7–15 | 10–14 | 8–24 | 10–16 | 10–29 | 14–23 |
Burgers | Sausages | Meatballs | Nuggets | |||||
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Plant-Based | Animal | Plant-Based | Animal | Plant-Based | Animal | Plant-Based | Animal | |
Mean | 19.9 | 12.2 | 20.5 | 7.1 | 19.0 | 10.2 | 20.8 | 9.5 |
Range | 9.9–31.3 | 6.5–23.2 | 9.3–31.6 | 2.4–21.1 | 13.1–24.0 | 5.4–15.9 | 10.0–31.9 | 4.4–19.8 |
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Costa-Catala, J.; Toro-Funes, N.; Comas-Basté, O.; Hernández-Macias, S.; Sánchez-Pérez, S.; Latorre-Moratalla, M.L.; Veciana-Nogués, M.T.; Castell-Garralda, V.; Vidal-Carou, M.C. Comparative Assessment of the Nutritional Profile of Meat Products and Their Plant-Based Analogues. Nutrients 2023, 15, 2807. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15122807
Costa-Catala J, Toro-Funes N, Comas-Basté O, Hernández-Macias S, Sánchez-Pérez S, Latorre-Moratalla ML, Veciana-Nogués MT, Castell-Garralda V, Vidal-Carou MC. Comparative Assessment of the Nutritional Profile of Meat Products and Their Plant-Based Analogues. Nutrients. 2023; 15(12):2807. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15122807
Chicago/Turabian StyleCosta-Catala, Judit, Natalia Toro-Funes, Oriol Comas-Basté, Salvador Hernández-Macias, Sònia Sánchez-Pérez, M. Luz Latorre-Moratalla, M. Teresa Veciana-Nogués, Victòria Castell-Garralda, and M. Carmen Vidal-Carou. 2023. "Comparative Assessment of the Nutritional Profile of Meat Products and Their Plant-Based Analogues" Nutrients 15, no. 12: 2807. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15122807
APA StyleCosta-Catala, J., Toro-Funes, N., Comas-Basté, O., Hernández-Macias, S., Sánchez-Pérez, S., Latorre-Moratalla, M. L., Veciana-Nogués, M. T., Castell-Garralda, V., & Vidal-Carou, M. C. (2023). Comparative Assessment of the Nutritional Profile of Meat Products and Their Plant-Based Analogues. Nutrients, 15(12), 2807. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15122807