Table 4.
Nutrients and Health Star Rating (HSR)/100 g (mean and standard deviation) for plant-based and meat burgers, sausages and mince.
| Nutrient Criteria | Plant-Based Burger (n = 50) |
Meat Burger * | p Value | Plant-Based Sausages (n = 29) |
Meat Sausages ** |
p Value | Plant-Based Mince (n = 10) |
Meat Mince ** |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 736 ± 194 | 760 ± 257 | 0.737 | 735 ± 155 | 1157 ± 287 | 0.001 | 574 ± 238 | 774 ± 162 | 0.035 |
| Protein (g) | 9.7 ± 2.6 | 15.4 ± 2.6 | <0.001 | 13.4 ± 6.0 | 16.0 ± 3.1 | 0.081 | 13.7 ± 5.6 | 25.1 ± 4.0 | <0.001 |
| Fat (g) | 7.2 ± 4.8 | 13.7 ± 7.8 | 0.001 | 7.9 ± 3.8 | 22.1 ± 8.4 | <0.001 | 5.4 ± 5.2 | 9.4 ± 3.6 | 0.053 |
| Saturated fat (g) | 1.5 ± 1.6 | 6.2 ± 4.1 | 0.005 | 2.4 ± 2.1 | 8.5 ± 1.6 | <0.001 | 2.1 ± 3.1 | 3.9 ± 1.7 | 0.108 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 16.7 ± 7.2 | 5.2 ± 1.9 | <0.001 | 11.4 ± 6.2 | 3.7 ± 1.5 | <0.001 | 7.9 ± 7.3 | 0 | |
| Sugars (g) | 3.4 ± 3.2 | 1.3 ± 0.9 | 0.046 | 2.2 ± 1.9 | 0 | 1.9 ± 1.5 | 0 | ||
| Dietary Fibre (g) | 5.3 ± 2.3 | NA | 4.2 ± 1.8 | 0.6 ± 0.4 | <0.001 | 5.9 ± 3.4 | 0 | ||
| Sodium (mg) | 372 ± 1173 | 463 ± 119 | 0.119 | 497 ± 136 | 826 ± 142 | <0.001 | 401 ± 310 | 64 ± 12 | 0.007 |
| Iron (mg) | 3.6 ± 0.8 | Not Reported | 3.4 ± 0.4 | 3.6 ± 1.0 | 0.529 | 2.8 ± 1.0 | 2.1 ± 1.1 | 0.2 | |
| HSR | 3.9 ± 0.4 | 2.9 ± 0.9 | 0.005 | 3.8 ± 0.6 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | <0.001 | 4 ± 1.2 | 4.2 ± 0.3 | 0.623 |
Independent samples t-test 95% CI; * Data from Coles and Woolworths online (accessed September 2019); ** Data for meat-based mince and sausages from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Food Composition Database [35].