Speaking Up for Soy
Soy researcher Mark Messina shares his thoughts on the ways in which the NOVA food classification system paints plant-based meat and dairy alternatives in an unfavorable light.
The burgeoning plant-based burger and milk markets are directly—and unfairly—impacted by the NOVA food classification system, says noted soy researcher Mark Messina, director of nutrition science and research with the Soy Nutrition Institute Global. That is because NOVA evaluates foods not on the basis of nutrient content but instead on the degree to which they are processed. And that means that some soy-based offerings with strong nutritional profiles are categorized in the same way…
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