Crop diversity used in branded products with focus on legume species worldwide
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.
Authors
- Valérie Micard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5193-9136)
- Valérie Lullien‐Pellerin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8057-5650)
- Guillaume Cabanac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3060-6241)
- Marie Josèphe Amiot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4563-4587)
- Marie-Benoît Magrini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8027-7496)
- Tristan Salord (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0689-4159)
- Magalie Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6573-4070)
- Adeline Boire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3515-0194)
- Cécile Barron
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (FR)
- Institut Universitaire de France (FR)
- Université de Montpellier (FR)
- Université Toulouse-I-Capitole (FR)
- Ingénierie des Agropolymères et Technologies Emergentes (FR)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages (FR)
- Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems: social and nutritional sciences (FR)
- AGroecologies, Innovations & Ruralities (FR)
- Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (FR)
- Institut Agro Montpelier (FR)
- Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (FR)
- Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage (FR)
- Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Science of Food
- Published
- 2024-09-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-024-00305-7
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.60
Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Région Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée