plant-based
adjEtymology Popularized by American biochemist T. Colin Campbell as an alternative to ideologically connoted terms such as vegan.
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Based on plants; especially, of a diet, consisting mostly or wholly of foods derived from plants; vegan.
- I only eat plant-based food.
- So, what is my prescription for good health? In short, it is about the multiple health benefits of consuming whole, plant-based foods, and the largely unappreciated health dangers of consuming animal-based foods, including all types of meat, dairy, and eggs.2016, T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell, The China Study, revised and expanded edition, BenBella Books, Inc.:
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- “We’re positive on the future for plant-based meat, but this is a 20- to 25-year story,” he said. “It’s not going to happen in three to five to 10 years.”2022 November 21, Julie Creswell, quoting John Baumgartner, “Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry Worries”, in The New York Times:
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Made from plants other than the traditional source.
- plant-based pizza crust
- plant-based pasta
- Related terms
- PB, WFPB