PLANT-BASED FOODS AND LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

Abstract

In recent years, plant-based foods have been widely preferred due to their benefits to human health and economy, as well as their reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and their benefits to the environment. In order to meet the increasing need for plant protein, research has increased and different plant protein sources such as seaweed, spirulina, sugar beet leaves, alfalfa and hemp seeds have begun to be used in developed products. There are many studies on the benefits of an herbal diet, and many herbal products have been developed in recent years. However, most of the developed products have deficiencies in terms of appearance, texture, taste and nutritional value, and new methods need to be investigated to improve this situation. In addition, it would be wrong to say that all of the developed vegetable protein products are superior to animal sources in terms of nutritional value. In this review, plant protein sources were examined and studies on their health effects and bioavailability and the latest technological developments were evaluated.