Beyond Meat: Alternative Sources of Proteins to Feed the World
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 45510
Special Issue Editors
Interests: theory of planned behavior; explicit and implicit attitudes; food consumption sustainability; insects; alternative proteins; novel foods; food waste
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Interests: food marketing; sustainable food consumptions; experimental auctions
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Interests: consumer behavior; sustainable food consumptions; choice models
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global demand for traditional animal proteins is steadily rising and will likely become an emergency in the upcoming years due to population growth as well as increasing per capita meat consumption in emerging economies. Nevertheless, the global need for proteins cannot be fulfilled when relying only on livestock. Hence, the world faces an important dilemma: while the demand for meat increases, its production and consumption have a large negative impact on the environment, especially in terms of GHG emission, land use and grabbing, freshwater consumption and water pollution.
This Special Issue is intended to serve as a scientific arena where scholars may share their findings and ideas on topics related to new and alternative protein sources from multidisciplinary perspectives.
Dr. Francesco La Barbera
Dr. Fabio Verneau
Dr. Mario Amato
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable food consumption
- novel foods
- insects
- fungi
- algae
- attitude
- beliefs
- consumer behavior
- market
- supply chain
- LCA
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