A new survey conducted by the EUFIC reveals strong support among nutrition professionals in Spain for plant-based dairy alternatives (PBDAs), such as drinks and yoghurts made of legumes (e.g., soy), oats, nuts (e.g., almonds), rice, or coconut, with 88% agreeing that these plant-based alternatives can be part of a healthy diet. In addition, 78% support the inclusion of PBDAs in Spain’s national dietary guidelines. However, opinions varied on whether dietary guidelines should feature only fortified PBDAs or any version.
A new survey conducted by EUFIC shows strong and growing support among nutrition professionals in Portugal for plant-based dairy alternatives (PBDAs), such as drinks and yoghurts made of legumes (e.g., soy), oats, nuts (e.g., almonds), rice, or coconut, with 93% agreeing that these plant-based alternatives can be part of a healthy diet. In addition, 76% support including PBDAs in the national dietary guidelines. Of those who supported their inclusion, 62% were in favour of including only PBDAs that are fortified with micronutrients.
EUFIC hosted the webinar “Facilitating the Healthy and Sustainable Diet Shift through Effective Communication in Communities with Low Socioeconomic Status” on Thursday, 23 November 2023 to showcase the results of their research with social supermarkets customers (native Italians and immigrants) that was conducted together with Caritas Trieste in Italy.
Helping people to improve the healthiness and environmental sustainability of their diets is a global challenge that requires a system’s perspective. Therefore, during EUFIC’s online symposium on the 3rd of November 2022, experts focused on complementary approaches towards behaviour change. They presented recent research on preferences and barriers of consumers in making the change towards healthier and more sustainable diets, and how food labels, dietary recommendations, nudges, and digital tools can support the shift.