General Article Body less able to absorb protein from vegan ‘meat’, study suggests

Topic Selected: Dietary Choices Book Volume: 421

Findings may lead to development of ingredients to increase uptake of nutrients from plant-based products.

By Vishwan Sankaran

Proteins in plant-based meat alternatives may not be as accessible to human cells as those from real meat, a new study has suggested.

While plants rich in protein, such as soy beans, are commonly used worldwide, researchers, including those from the Ohio State University in the US, say it is unclear how much of the nutrient makes it into human cells.

In the study publ...

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