Human cells take in less protein from a plant-based meat than from chicken (IMAGE)

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Human cells take in less protein from a plant-based meat than from chicken

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A meat substitute (left) resembles chicken meat (right), but its proteins are not absorbed as well by human cells.

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Adapted from Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c01711

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