超加工的素食食品:健康的替代品动物来源的食品或可以避免的垃圾?
Mario Estévez1, A Arjona2, G Sánchez-Terrón1
1IPROCAR Research Institute, TECAL Research Group, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
Journal of food science
|October 8, 2024
概括
素食消费者经常选择植物性超加工食品 (UPF) 作为动物来源食品 (ASF) 的替代品. 然而,这些纯素UPF可能会对健康构成威胁,并且不是ASF的真实类型.
科学领域:
- 食品科学 食品科学 食品科学
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 消费者健康 消费者健康
背景情况:
- 肉类,牛奶和蛋等动物来源食品 (ASF) 对营养和福祉至关重要.
- 越来越多的消费者选择素食饮食,经常选择植物性肉类和乳制品替代品.
- 这些素食替代品通常是超加工食品 (UPF),旨在模仿ASF.
研究的目的:
- 审查与持续消费植物性超加工食品 (UPF) 相关的潜在健康威胁.
- 要突出纯素UPF和真正的动物来源食品 (ASF) 之间的显著差异.
- 为了告知消费者选择,并指导食品公司开发更健康的素食产品.
主要方法:
- 关于动物来源食品 (ASF) 和植物性超加工食品 (UPF) 的现有文献的审查.
- 对两种食物类型的感官,营养,享乐和健康相关方面的分析.
- 确定与素食UPF消费相关的潜在风险.
主要成果:
- 植物性UPF,尽管被销售为健康的替代品,可能会带来健康风险.
- 在感官,营养,享乐和健康方面,纯素UPF和ASF之间存在显著的差异.
- 素食UPF不能准确地被指定为ASF的直接类型.
结论:
- 消费者需要明确的信息来做出有关ASF和素食替代品的明智决定.
- 需要进一步的研究和开发,以创造更有吸引力,更有营养,更健康的纯素加工产品.
- 了解ASF和素食UPF之间的差异对于公共卫生至关重要.
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