![]() Trying to recreate the benefits of whole foods can raise other issues. Among products CR looked at, only five-two “chickens” and three “burgers”-had that vitamin added. One study found that swapping animal products with plant-based meat and dairy makes it harder to get enough calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, and-especially- vitamin B12, which is found naturally only in animal foods. It can be a struggle to include even some familiar nutrients. “It’s challenging to put together a replacement that contains them all.” “Foods are more complex than the sum of their parts,” he says. Notably, whole foods contain thousands of compounds in addition to those listed on nutrition labels. Still, van Vliet, the lead author of a study comparing grass-fed and plant-based burgers, sees important differences between the two. “Not all ultraprocessed foods are bad,” he says, citing soy and almond milks as healthy examples. It’s not clear whether processed “meats” pose the same risks, says Stephan van Vliet, PhD, of the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University in Logan. ![]() And that raises concerns among nutrition pros because growing research has linked ultraprocessed foods to increased risks of heart disease, weight gain, and more. These mock meats are plant-based-but they’re not whole foods. That means lots of fruits, vegetables, beans, and grains, and modest amounts of poultry, fish, and low-fat red meat. Lots of evidence supports plant-based diets, but most comes from research involving whole foods, says Basheerah Enahora, PhD, who is an assistant professor at North Carolina State University in the department of agricultural and human sciences and has a plant-forward nutrition counseling practice in Durham, N.C. Most don’t have a lot-less than 3 grams per serving. No surprise: Plant-based proteins have more fiber (meat doesn’t have any). But nuggets from Raised & Rooted had more sodium than Tyson’s real ones. In general, the plant-based sausages, breaded chicken nuggets, and fish fillets had amounts similar to those in their counterparts from the farm and sea. Most of the products CR looked at-unlike real meat-had lots of sodium, which can raise blood pressure. “That’s because they melt slowly, giving a similar mouthfeel to animal fats.” “Some of these mock burgers have highly saturated coconut or palm oil,” Keating says. While many of the burgers had less saturated fat than what’s in 85 percent lean ground beef, two-Gardein’s and Impossible’s-had more. The sausages, for example, had less per serving than the 6 grams in a serving of Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked sausage. Many products in CR’s test had fewer calories and less artery-clogging saturated fat. But it’s not clear that they always are healthier. ![]() That’s the main reason people say they’re interested in plant-based meats, CR’s survey found.
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