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Journal Articles npj Science of Food Year : 2024

Crop diversity used in branded products with focus on legume species worldwide

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Food diversity is a challenging issue for sustainable agrifood systems. Diets are increasingly dependent on branded packaged foods. Therefore, the crop diversity offered in the food market through these products is of particular importance. We scrutinize this diversity for some crops under great societal challenge: pulses. Based on the product launches referenced in the Mintel database over the last decade, we compare the food products containing pulse crops with those containing another legume-soy. From the 350,000 products analyzed, our results show that soy is mainly used but reveal some progress in the use of pulse species, particularly in Europe. The position of the examined species in the list of ingredients and in the product description allows us to assess its importance. The text-mining methods used usefully enable the monitoring of crop usage in the food market. We discuss several perspectives, notably how to deepen these results regarding consumer choices.
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hal-04732768 , version 1 (11-10-2024)

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Tristan Salord, Marie-Benoît Magrini, Valérie Lullien-Pellerin, Guillaume Cabanac, Marie-Joseph Amiot, et al.. Crop diversity used in branded products with focus on legume species worldwide. npj Science of Food, 2024, 8 (1), pp.68. ⟨10.1038/s41538-024-00305-7⟩. ⟨hal-04732768⟩
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