Discretionary foods have notable environmental and expenditure relevance regardless of preference for meat or plant-based protein sources

Discretionary foods have notable environmental and expenditure relevance regardless of preference for meat or plant-based protein sources

Background and objectives: To understand food groups’ contribution to nutrition, environmental impacts, and expenditure requires self-selected food consumption data. We analyzed implications of a hypothetical transition in protein sources on these sustainability dimensions consi...

EU Climate Agency: Alternative Proteins Are Inevitable for Future Food Security

6 Mins Read What will the food system look like in 2025? According to the EU, meat will give way to plants and novel proteins, no matter how things end up. The EU’s production and consumption patterns require “fundamental changes” to reach its sustainable living vision for 2050, its environmental arm has said. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new foresight report looks at how the region can futureproof its food, mobility and energy system…