NUTRITIONIST’S NOTEBOOK Mock meats

There are more mock meat varieties coming on to the market than we can keep count of so how do you choose what to buy and what to give a miss?

Sometimes, you just want a burger and it doesn’t need to be healthy; another time, you may want a healthier type of junk food so it’s good to know what it is that makes a mock meat good for you.

What are they made of?

So what are they made of? A key question as you can find a huge variety – soya protein isolate (also called textured vegetable protein – TVP), tofu, wheat protein, pea protein, corn,