Alternative protein-based foods must contribute to micronutrient adequacy

Figures & data

Figure 1. NZ national nutrient supply and food sources as a proportion of national requirement in 2020. Range bars represent safe upper intake levels (not shown when taking values greater than 3) and lower intake reference values (see methods), where available.

Table 1. National supply of nutrients as a % of national requirement under modelled scenarios. Values 105% or below are shown in bold.

Nutrient	2020 supply	Half meat	Soy	Bean	Mushroom	Pea
Calcium	62%	60%	79%	63%	62%	62%
Vitamin E	66%	65%	67%	67%	65%	66%
Dietary fibre	80%	80%	101%	91%	90%	105%
Potassium	87%	80%	110%	89%	93%	87%
Vitamin C	90%	87%	106%	112%	88%	132%
Folate	97%	90%	169%	121%	94%	111%
Carbohydrates	105%	105%	110%	109%	106%	109%
Magnesium	105%	101%	146%	116%	105%	111%
Zinc^1	106%	83% (61%)	106% (77%)	89% (65%)	94% (69%)	95% (69%)
Iron^1	113%	91% (61%)	152% (101%)	106% (71%)	122% (81%)	104% (69%)
Energy	118%	107%	118%	110%	108%	111%
Vitamin B6	123%	104%	117%	112%	113%	115%
Pantothenic acid	138%	117%	130%	126%	145%	120%
Riboflavin	146%	119%	146%	132%	139%	128%
Protein	148%	116%	160%	128%	121%	128%
Copper	174%	137%	201%	159%	174%	152%
Thiamin	181%	153%	222%	182%	160%	186%
Fat (total lipid)	182%	149%	167%	150%	150%	150%
Leucine	187%	148%	209%	159%	151%	159%
Cystine	188%	156%	215%	166%	158%	162%
Selenium	192%	160%	171%	162%	176%	163%
Vitamin A	195%	137%	138%	138%	137%	143%
Lysine	201%	146%	212%	158%	150%	161%
Threonine	240%	183%	268%	199%	189%	202%
Phosphorus	242%	211%	277%	228%	232%	231%
Histidine	255%	195%	195%	195%	195%	195%
Tryptophan	280%	225%	330%	242%	231%	238%
Methionine	294%	223%	277%	232%	227%	239%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)	301%	176%	176%	176%	177%	176%

¹ Values in parentheses are the results if the intake target values for diets high in phytate are used.