Meat alternatives: life cycle assessment of most known meat substitutes
November 14, 2019
Chicken doesn’t look bad, either…
Conclusions and recommendations
The results of the comparison were highly dependable on selected FU. Therefore, the proposed comparison with different integrative FU indicated the lowest impact of soy meal-based and insect-based substitutes (with given technology level development). Insect-based meat substitute has a potential to be more sustainable with the use of more advanced cultivation and processing techniques. The same is applicable to lab-grown meat and in a minor degree to gluten, dairy, and mycoprotein-based substitutes.
Meat alternatives: life cycle assessment of most known meat substitutes
