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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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Tesco targets major plant-based meat sales growth in UK first

Business Green

Tesco is plotting a major increase in plant-based meat products in its stores over the coming years in order to capitalise on the growing trend towards vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets, as it today became the first UK retailer to set a sales target for meat alternatives.

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'Urgent priority': Can 2021 usher in a sustainable food system transformation?

Business Green

Nobody wants the food they consume to have destroyed forests, habitats, and wildlife on its way to their plate, and yet the system that underpins our global food supplies today continues to be one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss and climate change worldwide. Fortunately the opportunities for change are growing rapidly.

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Could a more standardised approach to eco-labelling drive greener food choices?

Business Green

Plant-based 'meats' tend to have a far smaller impact on both the climate and the environment than animal products, while typically proving more nutritious, according to the findings of a major first-of-its-kind study that assessed tens of thousands of processed food products on sale in the UK and Ireland.

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Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta

AGreenLiving

Amidst the growing awareness about our planet’s climate crisis , there is now a burgeoning need for more sustainable food resources. In recent years, seaweed has been quite a catch for health-conscious consumers, in turn, making kelp, a brown macroalgae, one of the more in-demand types of seaweed offerings.

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The resurgence of product CO2 labelling

Business Green

Late last year, Quorn, the world's biggest meat alternative brand, started putting 'farm to shop' carbon footprint data on packs of its top selling 30 products. This was no quiet testing of the waters - it was supported by a significant marketing campaign featuring TV advertising centred around the food's carbon and climate impact.

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