Quantifying the Relationship Between Key Potential Environmental and Nutritional Health Benefits of Plant-Based Meat Alternatives and Their Price Premiums Compared to Beef.

Mauricio R Bellon, Kathleen Merrigan, Christopher Wharton

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mauricio R BellonSwette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University, 777 East University Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.

Kathleen MerriganSwette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University, 777 East University Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7637-6683

Christopher WhartonCollege of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, 7231 E Sonoran Arroyo Mall, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA.

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Abstract

Beef production and consumption generate significant environmental and health costs for society, negative externalities that are not generally reflected in retail prices. Plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs) are products designed to emulate conventional meat by using plant-based ingredients that are purported to produce significantly fewer negative externalities than beef but are often substantially more expensive. Are the premiums paid by consumers for PBMAs worth the potential environmental and nutritional benefits received by society from choosing them instead of beef? To address this question, we analyze the impacts of two well-known PBMAs in the USA, Beyond Burger

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beef burgersmonetizationnegative externalitiesplant-based meat alternativestrue cost accounting

Identifiers

PMID42279741

DOI10.3390/foods15111949

PMCPMC13256792

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