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The Growing Appetite for Meat Alternatives in China

AFN Sustainable Protein

Could innovations in plant-based alternatives, cultured meat, and edible insects play a part in China’s food future? Could China become a haven to advance meat alternative technology development? World’s Largest Meat Consumer. The post The Growing Appetite for Meat Alternatives in China appeared first on AFN.

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The Growing Appetite for Meat Alternatives in China

AFN Sustainable Protein

Could innovations in plant-based alternatives, cultured meat, and edible insects play a part in China’s food future? Could China become a haven to advance meat alternative technology development? World’s Largest Meat Consumer. So what is the state of play in China’s diet transition?

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Plant-based foods are booming, but we need sustainable meat, too.

EDF + Business

The statistics on plant-based proteins are eye opening: Beyond Meat’s shares have more than tripled in value since its IPO in May, Impossible Foods can now be found in about 10,000 restaurants, and the market for meat substitutes is expected to reach $2.5 of the CPG market in dollar sales in 2018. billion by 2023.

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Plant-based foods are booming, but we need sustainable meat, too.

EDF + Business

The statistics on plant-based proteins are eye opening: Beyond Meat’s shares have more than tripled in value since its IPO in May, Impossible Foods can now be found in about 10,000 restaurants, and the market for meat substitutes is expected to reach $2.5 of the CPG market in dollar sales in 2018. billion by 2023.

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Impossible Foods makes retail debut as Tim Hortons pulls Beyond Meat

AFN Sustainable Protein

With refrigerated plant-based burgers driving sales growth, the plant-based meat market is now worth more than $800 million, with sales up 10% since 2018 and growing more than five times as fast as conventional meat sales, which have grown just 2% since 2018, GFI told us. Whole Foods veggie burger patties sell for $6.40

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Sustainable consumption: Get ready for the next frontier in the race to zero

Business Green

The fact that 50 per cent of growth in consumer-packaged goods between 2013 and 2018 came from sustainable products, pioneered by household names like Burt's Bees, IKEA and P&G, strengthen the business case. Many organisations struggle to put this into practice.

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Innovative Food: Startups Raise $206m to Meet Consumer Demand for Protein & Novel Ingredients

AFN Sustainable Protein

Though venture funding for consumer packaged goods generally is booming , with smaller companies gaining marketshare from the large food brands quickly, food and ingredients that truly buck against convention are still relatively slow to get investor attention compared to other categories of agrifood tech; the whole sector raised $4.4