Kudos for catching on to a barrier to adoption which is still somehow under-discussed[1].
I haven’t come across exactly what you’re looking for but I am working on a long post going through every micronutrient and flagging which ones vegans and vegetarians are more likely to be deficient in, going beyond just the iron and B12 issues most people know about. I’m including mentions of where consumption of some specific traditional plant foods could help someone with a specific deficiency, having read your post I now think I should also see where the alternative products can fit in.
One of the advantages of cultivated meat in terms of public adoption will be getting to sidestep the nutritional content issue. It does look like some products will deliberately introduce differences which might be nutritional improvements (eg. different fat profiles) but there will definitely be demand for an “as close to a clone of the non-cultivated alternative as possible”.
Anyways, if no one digs up anything which directly addresses this I’d be willing to also write up a non-expert review of whatever literature is available.
To give us credit, we are up against a long history of ignorance and dishonesty regarding the nutritional differences between vegan and omnivore diets; I shouldn’t complain about how long it takes to turn around an oil tanker.
Kudos for catching on to a barrier to adoption which is still somehow under-discussed[1].
I haven’t come across exactly what you’re looking for but I am working on a long post going through every micronutrient and flagging which ones vegans and vegetarians are more likely to be deficient in, going beyond just the iron and B12 issues most people know about. I’m including mentions of where consumption of some specific traditional plant foods could help someone with a specific deficiency, having read your post I now think I should also see where the alternative products can fit in.
One of the advantages of cultivated meat in terms of public adoption will be getting to sidestep the nutritional content issue. It does look like some products will deliberately introduce differences which might be nutritional improvements (eg. different fat profiles) but there will definitely be demand for an “as close to a clone of the non-cultivated alternative as possible”.
Anyways, if no one digs up anything which directly addresses this I’d be willing to also write up a non-expert review of whatever literature is available.
To give us credit, we are up against a long history of ignorance and dishonesty regarding the nutritional differences between vegan and omnivore diets; I shouldn’t complain about how long it takes to turn around an oil tanker.
Hi Clifford,
Here you can find some info regarding plant-based meats:
https://nutritionfacts.org/?s=plant-based%20meat