Nutritional Quality of Meat Analogues: Results From the Food Labelling of Italian Products (FLIP) Project.

ABSTRACT: Nowadays, the interest in meat substitutes is increasing, and consumers perceive their nutritional quality better than that of the animal products they intend to resemble. Therefore, this work aimed to investigate the overall nutritional quality of these new products. Regulated information [Regulation (EU) 1169/2011], the presence/absence of nutrition or health claim and organic declarations, the gluten-free indication, and the number of ingredients were collected from the food labels of 269 commercial meat analogues currently sold on the Italian market. Nutritional information of reference animal meat products was used to compare the nutrition profile. As an indicator of the nutritional quality, the Nutri-Score of meat analogues and counterparts was also determined. Plant-based steaks sho

SUBMITTER: Cutroneo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9090485 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature