REPORT: Plant-based meats tick more health boxes than real meat
SOPHIE AUBREY: A new report has found that plant-based alternatives are on average nutritionally better or similar to their real meat equivalents. Non-profit alternative meat think tank Food Frontier analysed the nutrition information and health rating of almost 100 plant-based meat products in Australia and New Zealand and compared them to their animal meat counterparts across six categories, including sausages, burgers, bacon, mince and schnitzels.
The report finds that plant-based versions have, on average, much less saturated fat, more or comparable protein and lower or similar…