FOOD OR FAKE: Faux Meat (a breakdown of ingredients in plant-based burgers)

food or fake: faux meat (a breakdown of ingredients in plant-based burgers)

SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE

PROCESSED OILS

TEXTURED WHEAT PROTEIN

BINDERS

SODIUM

  • more than an equivalent beef burger

SOY LEGHEMOGLOBIN

  • the ingredient that makes faux meat "bleed"

  • although sourced from plants, it is the same type of heme as in red meat that is carcinogenic in high amounts


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References

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McClements, D. J., & Grossmann, L. (2021). The science of plant-based foods: Constructing next-generation meat, fish, milk, and egg analogs. Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety, 20(4), 4049–4100. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12771

Hooda, J., Shah, A., & Zhang, L. (2014). Heme, an essential nutrient from dietary proteins, critically impacts diverse physiological and pathological processes. Nutrients, 6(3), 1080–1102. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu6031080

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