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The Growing Appetite for Meat Alternatives in China

AFN Sustainable Protein

Here the Bits x Bites team breaks down key trends and milestone announcements that have been happening in China—the world’s biggest market for meat. . This was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s message in a 2016 WildAid PSA campaign inviting the world to eat more consciously to mitigate climate change. World’s Largest Meat Consumer.

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The Growing Appetite for Meat Alternatives in China

AFN Sustainable Protein

Here the Bits x Bites team breaks down key trends and milestone announcements that have been happening in China—the world’s biggest market for meat. . This was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s message in a 2016 WildAid PSA campaign inviting the world to eat more consciously to mitigate climate change. World’s Largest Meat Consumer.

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Heck Foods to experiment with vertically-farmed crops for vegan range

Business Green

The crops will allow Heck Foods to "continue creating unique and interesting flavours" for its recently-launched plant-based meat-alternative range, which includes vegan sausages and burgers, the company said. Micro-nutrients will also provide fantastic health benefits as well as giving us a unique selling point," Keeble added. "We

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Impossible Foods debuts plant-based pork at CES

AGreenLiving

The Silicon Valley-based company continues to break ground since launching the Impossible Burger in 2016 to help minimize the use of animals as a food source. Impossible Foods has unveiled its newest meatless product, Impossible Pork.

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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

DeSmogBlog

As part of its “pigs are more climate-friendly than you think” campaign, Danish Crown quoted a study from Aarhus University, claiming that one kilo of Danish pork produced only 2.8kg of carbon dioxide-equivalent in 2016, down from 3.8kg eight years before. Meat producers’ fears about the rise of alternatives is understandable.

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'Investors are watching closely': How Covid-19 is accelerating the plant based 'meat' trend

Business Green

They are drastically scaling-up and skilling-up their capacity to research and develop plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy. FAIRR's Sustainable Proteins Engagement initiative first launched in 2016, and has since grown ten-fold. Tangible goals for a protein transition are being put in place," he adds.

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Scale is the Real Barrier for Lab-Grown Meat

AFN Sustainable Protein

When the lab-grown meat industry is fully mature, production facilities will look very similar to breweries, according to Michael Selden, cofounder of Finless Foods , an early-stage cultured fish startup. Memphis Meats won’t make it to market until 2021, says Kay, and even then, their cultured chicken will be priced at a premium.