Departament de Nutrició, Ciències de l'Alimentació i Gastronomia, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Campus de l'Alimentació de Torribera, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Prat de la Riba 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain.
Institut de Recerca en Nutrició i Seguretat Alimentària (INSA·UB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Av. Prat de la Riba 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain.
Nutrients. 2023 Jun 19;15(12):2807. doi: 10.3390/nu15122807.
Vegetarian and vegan diets are increasingly being adopted in Spain, a trend mainly driven by ethical concerns for animal welfare and the environment. This has resulted in a growing market for plant-based substitutes of meat products. However, available data on the nutritional value of such meat analogues in Mediterranean countries are still limited. In this study, the labelling information of four categories of plant-based meat analogues ( = 100) and the corresponding conventional meat products ( = 48) available on the Spanish market was surveyed and compared. The nutrient content of plant-based meat analogues varied significantly, due to the wide range of ingredients used in their formulation. Some of these products were found to have a low protein content, which in others was enhanced by the addition of cereals and legumes. Compared to the meat products, the plant-based analogues contained lower levels of total fat as well as saturated fat, which ranged from 30% of total fat in burgers to less than 15% in meatballs, sausages, and nuggets; in contrast, they contained higher amounts of fiber and complex carbohydrates. Overall, the meat analogues cannot be considered as nutritionally equivalent substitutes to conventional meat products due to a high variability of protein content and other nutrients.
素食和纯素饮食在西班牙越来越受欢迎,这种趋势主要是出于对动物福利和环境的伦理关注。这导致了肉类产品的植物替代品市场不断增长。然而,地中海国家有关此类肉类仿制品营养价值的数据仍然有限。在这项研究中,调查并比较了西班牙市场上四类植物性肉类仿制品(= 100)和相应的传统肉类产品(= 48)的标签信息。由于其配方中使用了广泛的成分,植物性肉类仿制品的营养成分差异很大。其中一些产品的蛋白质含量较低,而在其他产品中则通过添加谷物和豆类来提高蛋白质含量。与肉类产品相比,植物性仿制品的总脂肪和饱和脂肪含量较低,从汉堡中的总脂肪的 30%到肉丸、香肠和鸡块中的不到 15%;相比之下,它们含有更多的纤维和复杂碳水化合物。总的来说,由于蛋白质含量和其他营养素的高度可变性,肉类仿制品不能被视为传统肉类产品的营养等效替代品。