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RETRACTION article

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

Sec. Sustainable Food Processing

Volume 9 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1695206

Retraction: RuBisCO: a sustainable protein ingredient for plant-based foods

Provisionally accepted
  • Frontiers Media SA, Lausanne, Switzerland

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

Please find the retraction statement below: "Following concerns regarding the originality of the article, an investigation was conducted in accordance with Frontiers' policies. It was found that the complaint was valid and that the article should be retracted, because of an unacceptable level of similarity to an article published by Pearce, F. G., and Brunke, J. E. (2023). Is now the time for a Rubiscuit or Ruburger? Increased interest in rubisco as a food protein. J. Exp. Bot. 74, 627–637. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac414 This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers. The authors do not agree to correspondence regarding this retraction."

Keywords: Leaf protein, Rubisco, sustainability, food processing, Nutritional value, functional properties

Received: 29 Aug 2025; Accepted: 03 Sep 2025.

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