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. 2023 Sep 5;15(18):3864. doi: 10.3390/nu15183864

Table 2.

Energy and nutrient contents of PBMS and corresponding meat products and sausages per subcategory across four categories, based on mandatory nutrition labelling (per 100 g product).

Breaded Products Minced Products Sausages Salamis
PBMS 1 Meat PBMS 2 Meat PBMS 3 Meat PBMS 4 Meat
Protein Vegetable Pork Poultry Protein Vegetable Pork Poultry Beef Protein Pork Poultry Protein Pork Poultry
Count 80 17 42 78 103 23 40 29 51 172 436 163 29 155 32
ENERGY [kcal/100 g] Mean ± SD 245 ± 41 a,b 206 ± 30 210 ± 32 203 ± 37 225 ± 44 a 207 ± 71 a 275 ± 25 216 ± 36 236 ± 21 222 ± 46 a 271 ± 40 228 ± 28 227 ± 41 a,b 347 ± 43 290 ± 60
Median 239 209 215 203 226 216 281 222 245 226 275 232 240 349 292
Min/Max 141/339 131/248 137/272 129/302 118/341 122/330 206/328 112/272 180/270 127/395 88/370 105/314 135/275 220/431 216/432
FAT
[g/100 g]
Mean ± SD 12.1 ± 4.0 b 10.0 ± 2.1 9.3 ± 3.2 8.6 ± 3.8 12.6 ± 4.2 a,c 9.5 ± 6.3 a,c 20.2 ± 2.8 13.8 ± 4.2 17.6 ± 2.6 14.1 ± 4.9 a,b 23.9 ± 4.6 18.9 ± 3.3 11.2 ± 4.1 a,b 28.9 ± 4.9 22.8 ± 7.3
Median 12.0 9.8 10.0 9.0 12.0 10.0 21.5 15.0 18.0 13.0 24.5 20.0 11.0 29.0 22.5
Min/Max 3.4/22.0 5.6/15.0 1.8/15.0 0.9/20.0 3.4/22.5 1.2/20.9 14.0/24.0 2.3/19.4 10.9/20.0 3.2/38.0 2.5/36.2 4.8/29.0 2.6/19.0 15.0/39.0 14.0/40.0
SAT. FAT
[g/100 g]
Mean ± SD 1.4 ± 0.6 a 1.2 ± 0.4 a 1.8 ± 0.7 1.3 ± 0.9 3.2 ± 3.0 a,c 1.3 ± 0.7 a,b,c 7.7 ± 1.2 4 ± 1.4 7.7 ± 1.4 2.3 ± 2.5 a,b 9.5 ± 2 5.9 ± 1.3 2.0 ± 2.0 a,b 11.2 ± 1.4 10.0 ± 3.1
Median 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.0 1.8 1.4 8.0 4.5 8.4 1.6 9.8 6.0 1.1 12.0 10.0
Min/Max 0.5/4.0 0.6/1.8 0.7/3.7 0.3/5.0 0.3/13.0 0.4/3.1 4.5/9.0 0.7/6.8 4.3/9.6 0.4/17.7 0.7/16.3 2.0/8.7 0.4/9.3 6.0/14.4 5.0/18.0
CARB
[g/100 g]
Mean ± SD 18.3 ± 5.1 a,b 22.0 ± 4.5 a,b 14.4 ± 2.3 15.3 ± 3.9 8.3 ± 4.5 c 16.7 ± 4.1 a,b,c 8.5 ± 2.7 7.8 ± 3.7 1.7 ± 2.7 5.1 ± 3.2 a,b 1.0 ± 0.7 1.0 ± 0.5 6.4 ± 2.3 a,b 1.1 ± 0.5 0.9 ± 0.3
Median 18.6 22.4 14.0 15.0 7.4 17.2 8.5 7.5 0.5 4.4 1.0 1.0 5.9 1.0 1.0
Min/Max 5.4/28.0 14.0/27.0 10.9/19.0 0/23.2 1.5/24.9 7.9/24.0 0.5/15.0 1.0/16.0 0/10.0 1.0/26.0 0/4.7 0/3.4 3.7/13.0 0.5/5.0 0.5/1.9
SUGAR
[g/100 g]
Mean ± SD 1.7 ± 1.2 2.6 ± 0.9 a,b 1.3 ± 0.5 1.1 ± 0.6 2.5 ± 1.8 a,b,c 3.0 ± 1.2 a,b,c 0.9 ± 0.6 1.1 ± 0.5 0.4 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 1.0 a,b 0.7 ± 0.4 0.7 ± 0.3 2.2 ± 1.0 a,b 0.7 ± 0.6 0.7 ± 0.3
Median 1.6 2.8 1.1 1.0 2.1 3.0 0.5 1.0 0.3 1.6 0.6 0.5 1.9 0.8 0.5
Min/Max 0.2/5.1 1.6/5.1 0.2/2.4 0/3.0 0/8.2 0.7/4.9 0.3/2.5 0.3/2.6 0/2.7 0/4.4 0/4.5 0/1.7 0.7/4.8 0/3.2 0.3/1.0
PROTEIN
[g/100 g]
Mean ± SD 13.9 ± 3.9 a,b 5.3 ± 2.4 a,b 17.0 ± 1.4 15.8 ± 2.2 18.0 ± 6.1 a 11.1 ± 5.6 c 14.4 ± 1.4 14.8 ± 1.7 17.6 ± 2.4 17.9 ± 8.8 a,b 13.0 ± 1.6 13.4 ± 1.4 24.2 ± 10.4 a,b 20.6 ± 1.4 20.3 ± 1.9
Median 13.9 4.5 17.0 16.0 17.0 12.4 14.0 14.0 18.0 19.0 13.0 13.0 28.0 20.4 21.0
Min/Max 2.8/24.6 2.2/11.8 14.0/21.3 9.7/23.0 5.2/31.0 2.4/19.0 12.0/17.2 12.0/20.0 13.0/28.0 3.2/32.0 7.8/19.0 8.7/18.0 4.0/36.0 17.0/26.0 16.0/23.0
SALT
[g/100 g]
Mean ± SD 1.5 ± 0.4 1.2 ± 0.3 1.4 ± 0.3 1.3 ± 0.3 1.9 ± 0.5 c 1.3 ± 0.3 a,b 1.8 ± 0.3 1.8 ± 0.3 1.3 ± 0.3 1.9 ± 0.5 a,b 2.0 ± 0.3 2.1 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 0.6 a,b 3.8 ± 0.3 3.7 ± 0.2
Median 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.9 1.3 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.1 3.9 3.7
Min/Max 0.6/2.4 0.9/1.7 1.0/2.2 0.7/2.1 0.5/2.4 0.6/1.9 1.2/2.5 1.0/2.2 0.5/1.9 0.1/3 1.2/3.4 1.6/3.0 1.0/3.4 2.5/4.5 3.2/4.0

a,b,c Superscript letters indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05) between the PBMS subcategory and the corresponding meat subcategory identified by the letter, based on the code: a = pork, b = poultry, c = beef; SAT. FAT = saturated fat; CARB = carbohydrate; 1 80 vegan and 17 vegetarian breaded PBMS; 2 113 vegan and 13 vegetarian minced PBMS; 3 135 vegan and 37 vegetarian sausage PBMS; 4 28 vegan and 1 vegetarian salami PBMS.