Restructured meat (RM) products are gaining importance as an essential component
of the meat industry due to consumers’ interest in health benefits. RM
products imply the binding or holding of meat, meat by-products, and vegetable
proteins together to form a meat product with meat’s sensory and textural
properties. RM products provide consumers with diversified preferences like the
intake of low salt, low fat, antioxidants, and high dietary fiber in meat
products. From the point of environmental sustainability, RM may aid in
combining underutilized products and low-valued meat by adequately utilizing
them instead of dumping them as waste material. RM processing technique might
also help develop diversified and new hybrid meat products. It is crucial to
have more knowledge on the quality issues, selection of binding agents, their
optimum proportion, and finally, the ideal processing techniques. It is observed
in this study that the most crucial feature of RM could be its healthy products
with reduced fat content, which aligns with the preferences of health-conscious
consumers who seek low-fat, low-salt, high-fiber options with minimal synthetic
additives. This review briefly overviews RM and the factors affecting the
quality and shelf life. Moreover, it discusses the recent studies on binding
agents in processing RM products. Nonetheless, the recent advancements in
processing and market scenarios have been summarized to better understand future
research needs. The purpose of this review was to bring light to the ways of
sustainable and economical food production.