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Novel foods for human and planetary health

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Substituting animal-source foods with novel and future foods in our daily diets is essential to mitigate global environmental change. An integrated statistical approach and optimization model support a shift to alternative, more sustainable diets.

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Fig. 1: Comparison of environmental impacts of current European diets, vegan diets and diets based on NFFs.

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  • 05 May 2022

    In the version of this article initially published, in the Fig. 1 legend, the blue bars (Water use) and red bars (Land use) were reversed and have now been amended.

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Tzachor, A. Novel foods for human and planetary health. Nat Food 3, 247–248 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00492-0

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