AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Consumer demands are changing at a faster pace than ever as our understanding of nutrition evolves. . Protein-rich foods are in particular demand, and with the meat industry responsible for more than 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, innovators are finding alternative ways to give consumers what they want.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

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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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

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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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Business interest in plant-based food is growing, but many consumers are still in the dark over the environmental sustainability of their eating habits. Fortunately, fresh research published today by WWF UK suggests the vast majority of British people do want to eat healthier, more environmentally sustainable food.

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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

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 isn't the first time that carbon footprint labelling has been in demand. A period of consolidation. So, will we see more companies putting carbon on the label?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The plant-based meat and dairy market is expected to balloon over the years to come, as consumers increasingly seek to reduce the environmental impact of their diet while tapping the health benefits related to reducing meat consumption. Three years ago, people who ate plant-based meat were the exception.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Today’s meat industry is dominated by a few multinational giants, including JBS , Tyson Foods , Vion , and Danish Crown , with access to markets across the world. In step with rising global demand, meat production has more than quadrupled in the past sixty years.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Applying the latest technologies from biotech, tissue engineering, artificial intelligence, and food science, entrepreneurs are trying to create new animal-free products that are cheaper, healthier, tastier, and more sustainable. The market demands them, but it shows little allegiance to their mode of production. And switch fast.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 24, 2019

Recent headlines have triumphantly proclaimed that it is all but “inevitable” that plant-based meat will become cost-competitive with the products of industrial animal agriculture in short order. For instance, climate change is an inevitable outcome of human inaction, as it’s driven by a self-sustaining feedback loop.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

As the UN reflected in its most recent progress report , "increased efforts and interventions are needed to conserve and sustainably use ocean resources at all levels." Similarly, the fledgling 'fake meat' alternative protein sector - as well as the fast expandingf aquaculture industry - could yet play a crucial role in curbing over-fishing.

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