Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints [PDF]
Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023 The modern food system is characterized with high environmental impact, which is in many cases associated with increased rates of animal production and overconsumption. The adoption of alternatives to meat proteins (insects, plants, mycoprotein, microalgae, cultured meat, etc.) might potentially influence the environmental impact and human health in a ...
Sergiy Smetana +5 more
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The price penalty for red meat substitutes in popular dishes and the diversity in substitution.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Life cycle assessments (LCA) often highlight the environmental and health benefits for consumers if western diets substitute red meat. However, the specific trade-off consumer face when asked to substitute a red meat dish is scarcely researched, often ...
Dominic Lemken
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The Possible Impacts of Financial Nudging in the Food Infant Industries: Beyond Meat Case Study
Zeszyty Naukowe Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie. Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, 2022 The second decade of the XXI century has experienced the development of meat substitutes. The origin of this niche is said to emerge from environmental concerns. One of the market leaders in this infant industry is Beyond Meat company.
Igor Olech, Michał Wielechowski
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Consumer preferences for meat blended with plant proteins – Empirical findings from Belgium
Future Foods, 2021 High levels of meat consumption are increasingly being criticised for ethical, environmental, and social reasons. Plant-based meat substitutes have been identified as healthy sources of protein in comparison to meat.
Adriano Profeta, Dr. +8 more
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Assuring Food Security: Consumers’ Ethical Risk Perception of Meat Substitutes
Agriculture, 2022 The world’s growing population requires an adequate supply of protein to maintain food security, but animal protein production is limited by the finite resources of land, fresh water, and ocean capacity.
Weijun Liu +4 more
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Differential Generalized Inverse Demand System estimation (DGIDS) for animal protein in rural areas in Iran [PDF]
Rāhburdhā-yi tusi̒ah-i rūstāyī, 2016 Management will make a decision on the future market when economic interrelationships are considered as biological relationships. This paper presents a Differential Generalized Inverse demand system to explore the market of foods containing animal ...
mohammad Ghorbani +1 more
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Strategies for Sustainable Substitution of Livestock Meat [PDF]
Foods, 2020 The consequences of climate change are becoming increasingly discernible everywhere, and initiatives have been taken worldwide to mitigate climate change. In agriculture, particularly meat production from the livestock sector is known to contribute to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) that drive climate change. Thus, to mitigate climate impact, strategies
Guihun Jiang +5 more
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Comparing meat and meat alternatives: an analysis of nutrient quality in five European countries
Public Health Nutrition, 2023 Objective: To assess and compare the (macro-)nutritional composition of red meat (RM) and poultry meat (PM) products with the emerging category of meat substitutes.
Thies Petersen, Stefan Hirsch
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Potential of Meat Substitutes for Climate Change Mitigation and Improved Human Health in High-Income Markets [PDF]
, 2018 The global food system contributes approximately one-quarter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with these dominated by the livestock sector. The projected increase in livestock demand is likely to undermine efforts to keep global average warming below a
Higgins, Peter +2 more
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Consumer Knowledge and Acceptance of “Algae” as a Protein Alternative: A UK-Based Qualitative Study
Foods, 2022 Overconsumption of meat has been recognised as a key contributing factor to the climate emergency. Algae (including macroalgae and microalgae) are a nutritious and sustainable food source that may be utilised as an alternative to animal-based proteins ...
Chloe Mellor +6 more
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