If you’re confused about what to eat on a whole-food plant-based diet because there seem to be so many different takes on it, look for the Plantricious label to help clarify things.
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You can easily find Plantricious recipes on this site. Look for the Plantricious label (in a search) or click on the link in the dropdown under “Recipes” in the menu bar. Here’s a link straight to the Plantricious recipes!
What Does Plantricious Mean?
Plantricious defines a food category for prepared and packaged plant-based food and recipes based on guidelines created and endorsed by the nation’s most respected medical experts advocating plant nutrition for optimum health.
It’s made up of the words PLANT and NUTRITIOUS. Viola! And isn’t that what we’ve been discussing here on Plant-Based Cooking, eating many delicious, nutritious plant-based foods and recipes?
There are two seals: the CERTIFIED Plantricious seal and the Plantricious FRIENDLY seal. The “certified” seal is slightly more stringent than the “friendly” seal.
More About Being Plantricious
- Plantricious provides truth, transparency, and consistency in labeling because… not all plant-based foods are created equal.
- Plantricious is not a diet.
- Healthy plant-nutritious choices give you peace of mind
- Certified Plantricious: The Trusted Seal for Plant-Based Nutrition
- Plantricious Friendly Seal: Created to identify those foods that may be used as ingredients in or with a Certified Plantricious recipe or food.
How Did the Plantricious Movement Start?
Paige Ohliger and her friends realized that people can be confused about what it means to eat a whole-food, plant-based diet. Foods labeled healthy and/or vegan are often highly processed and full of added sugars, sodium, oils, and other not-so-healthy ingredients.
This leads to confusion.
Paige decided that if people saw a certification on all things related to eating whole food and plant-based, they could identify that they were on the right track. It’s a win-win for everyone. Think about other helpful seals, like the non-GMO label.
With the guidance of some of the nation’s most respected medical leaders in plant nutrition, they created guidelines defining healthy, nutritious plant foods.
The Certified Plantricious Seal was born to identify these foods quickly.
What Kind of Foods Will Be Labeled Plantricious?
- Recipes: Look for recipes on my site that have the Plantricious “Certified” or “Friendly” seal.
- Plantricious Pinterest “Certified” and “Friendly” pages.
Certified Plantricious Guidelines:
- Must be whole food plant-based and contain no animal products
- May be minimally processed
- No added oil
- No added sugars
- No artificial additives or preservatives
- Sodium (mgs) to Calories ratio, 1 ≤ 1
- Total Fiber to Calories, 3g ≥ 100 calories
There are also slightly less stringent guidelines for PLANTRICIOUS FRIENDLY RECIPES.
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