Satiating Capacity of Plant-Based Meat in Realistic Meal Contexts at Home
Plant-based meat substitutes replacing animal meat can potentially support the transition towards more sustainable diets. To enable the required transition, consumer acceptance of plant-based meat is essential. An important aspect of this is the feeling of satiety or being full after eating. This st...
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| author | Elizabeth H. Zandstra Ilse A. Polet Gertrude G. Zeinstra Anne J. Wanders Garmt B. Dijksterhuis |
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| description | Plant-based meat substitutes replacing animal meat can potentially support the transition towards more sustainable diets. To enable the required transition, consumer acceptance of plant-based meat is essential. An important aspect of this is the feeling of satiety or being full after eating. This study determined the satiating capacity of both plant-based meat and animal meat in 60 adults under real-life in-home conditions. Participants consumed four fixed ready-to eat meals for lunch at home once per week. Two types of Indian curry with ‘chicken’ were investigated as well as two types of pasta Bolognese with ‘minced meat’. The two ‘chicken’ dishes and the two ‘minced meat’ dishes had the same recipe except for a gram-for-gram swap (125 g each) of either animal meat (chicken breast and minced meat) or plant-based (soy) meat. Results showed no difference in the satiating power of an animal meat dish and a plant-based meat dish when these were eaten as part of a full lunch meal at home. In addition, the meals did not result in energy nor macronutrient compensation during the rest of the day after consuming the meals. This occurred despite the caloric differences of the meals as a result of the real-life conditions (i.e., a lower energy content of the pasta with plant-based meat compared to the other meals). We conclude that meals with plant-based meat can be as satiating as meals with animal meat. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b89f927641e541f7b0ee0d908b741e7f2023-12-08T15:15:34ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582023-11-011223428010.3390/foods12234280Satiating Capacity of Plant-Based Meat in Realistic Meal Contexts at HomeElizabeth H. Zandstra0Ilse A. Polet1Gertrude G. Zeinstra2Anne J. Wanders3Garmt B. Dijksterhuis4Unilever Foods Innovation Centre Wageningen, Bronland 14, 6708 WH Wageningen, The NetherlandsWageningen Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The NetherlandsWageningen Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The NetherlandsUnilever Foods Innovation Centre Wageningen, Bronland 14, 6708 WH Wageningen, The NetherlandsWageningen Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The NetherlandsPlant-based meat substitutes replacing animal meat can potentially support the transition towards more sustainable diets. To enable the required transition, consumer acceptance of plant-based meat is essential. An important aspect of this is the feeling of satiety or being full after eating. This study determined the satiating capacity of both plant-based meat and animal meat in 60 adults under real-life in-home conditions. Participants consumed four fixed ready-to eat meals for lunch at home once per week. Two types of Indian curry with ‘chicken’ were investigated as well as two types of pasta Bolognese with ‘minced meat’. The two ‘chicken’ dishes and the two ‘minced meat’ dishes had the same recipe except for a gram-for-gram swap (125 g each) of either animal meat (chicken breast and minced meat) or plant-based (soy) meat. Results showed no difference in the satiating power of an animal meat dish and a plant-based meat dish when these were eaten as part of a full lunch meal at home. In addition, the meals did not result in energy nor macronutrient compensation during the rest of the day after consuming the meals. This occurred despite the caloric differences of the meals as a result of the real-life conditions (i.e., a lower energy content of the pasta with plant-based meat compared to the other meals). We conclude that meals with plant-based meat can be as satiating as meals with animal meat.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/23/4280plant-based meatanimal meatsatietyenergy intakecompensationliking |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth H. Zandstra Ilse A. Polet Gertrude G. Zeinstra Anne J. Wanders Garmt B. Dijksterhuis Satiating Capacity of Plant-Based Meat in Realistic Meal Contexts at Home Foods plant-based meat animal meat satiety energy intake compensation liking |
| title | Satiating Capacity of Plant-Based Meat in Realistic Meal Contexts at Home |
| title_full | Satiating Capacity of Plant-Based Meat in Realistic Meal Contexts at Home |
| title_fullStr | Satiating Capacity of Plant-Based Meat in Realistic Meal Contexts at Home |
| title_full_unstemmed | Satiating Capacity of Plant-Based Meat in Realistic Meal Contexts at Home |
| title_short | Satiating Capacity of Plant-Based Meat in Realistic Meal Contexts at Home |
| title_sort | satiating capacity of plant based meat in realistic meal contexts at home |
| topic | plant-based meat animal meat satiety energy intake compensation liking |
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