Body less able to absorb protein from vegan ‘meat’, study suggests
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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 published on Wednesday in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists assessed if human cells grown in a lab absorb the same quantities of the protein building blocks peptides from meat alternatives as they do from chicken.
The findings may lead to new ingredients that may increase the uptake of nutrients from plant-based meat products, researchers say.
To mimic the look and texture of real meat, they say plant-based substitutes are usually made by dehydrating plants into a powder and...
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