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However, a new study has found that certainmeat substitutesare lacking key nutrients that your body needs.

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The researchers found that the various meat substitutes had a range of nutritional content.

This study presents one of the major qualities that plant-based proteins lack.

Miso is another kind that has gone through fermentation and has the same quality as tempeh."

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Both can fill in what the other lacks."

Sliced raw tempeh

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