Nutritious lentil and rice meal for sustainable vegan and pescatarian diet
2022
Lignicka, I. | Graci (Balgalve), A. | Zīdere-Laizāne, A.M.
English. Urbanization has been accompanied by changes towards diets that have placedincreased pressure on the environment and human health. Shifting diet from beef towards lessimpactful proteins is the most important policy goal for dietary sustainability in 2050. Fish canalso help to shift to lower emission diets, fish-eaters have nearly the same emissions profile asstrict vegetarians. The aim of this study was to develop quick preparation lentil and rice mealsthat would be suitable for a sustainable vegan and pescatarian diet and to analyse and comparetheir nutritional values. Sample nutritional values were calculated according to raw materialnutritional values. Results show that if most raw materials are plant-based there is no significantdifference between vegan and pescatarian quick preparation meal sample nutritional values otherthan minerals and vitamins. Vegan quick preparation meal sample which contains green lentilshas higher iron content comparing to pescatarian quick preparation meal which contains redlentils and freeze-dried salmon powder and has higher vitamin B1, B3 and B6 content.
Show more [+] Less [-]English. Received: December 2nd, 2021 ; Accepted: April 17th, 2022 ; Published: April 27th, 2022 ; Correspondence: [email protected]
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