How to Get More Plant-Based Meat Onto Plates in 2021
3 years, 11 months ago

How to Get More Plant-Based Meat Onto Plates in 2021

Wired  

Faux burgers and chicken nuggets are having a moment. In 2018, Impossible Foods, the Silicon Valley–based alternative meat company known for its plant-based burger that “bleeds” like the real thing, made its nationwide fast food debut at all White Castle locations in the US. A year later, KFC partnered with Los Angeles–based alt-protein producer Beyond Meat to create a plant-based fried chicken that is “finger lickin’ good.” And since the onset of the pandemic, sales of plant-based meats from supermarkets have more than doubled. And that right there's the rub: The explosive growth of plant-based meat is real and meaningful, but it’s still a fraction of the conventional meat market. If we’re serious about addressing these issues and putting plant-based meat at the center of consumers’ plates in 2021, two actions need to be taken.

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Beyond Meat Is Stalling in the US. Europe Could Be Another Story
54 years, 11 months ago

Beyond Meat Is Stalling in the US. Europe Could Be Another Story

Wired  

The plant-based meat industry is in a bad place. “We are encouraged by many of the results we see this quarter, results that demonstrate clear progress against our 2024 plan and our longer-term goal of profitable operations,” Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown told investors in an earnings call Wednesday. In the UK, McDonald’s has sold McPlant burgers with Beyond Meat …

The climate case for mock meats is clear. But who can afford them?
6 months ago

The climate case for mock meats is clear. But who can afford them?

Salon  

Isobelle McClements was 13 when she came home from school and told her parents she was going vegan. Young and non-white consumers are the most likely to eat plant-based meats, according to a May 2024 survey commissioned by alt-meat advocacy nonprofit the Good Food Institute. The $8.1 billion fake meat industry, which experienced soaring sales during the pandemic as the …

How Beyond Meat is trying to get its sizzle back
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How Beyond Meat is trying to get its sizzle back

LA Times  

A package of Beyond Meat’s new burger, which contains less saturated fat and sodium than previous versions. “We thought we were just gonna go from our meteoric rise into the mainstream and not have to deal with this cycle that we’re in,” said Beyond Meat founder and Chief Executive Ethan Brown in an interview at the company’s new El Segundo …

The cultured wars: Why lab-grown meat is inspiring bipartisan hate
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The cultured wars: Why lab-grown meat is inspiring bipartisan hate

Salon  

Ron DeSantis wants to “protect meat.” This is something the governor of Florida — a Republican who was previously, and perhaps fittingly, dubbed “Meatball Ron” by former president Donald Trump — has made clear for months, first while railing against ESG frameworks and a California law that requires farmers to provide more room for breeding pigs, and then eventually in …

Beyond Meat revenue falls as rising demand in Europe can’t overcome plummeting US sales
1 year, 1 month ago

Beyond Meat revenue falls as rising demand in Europe can’t overcome plummeting US sales

Associated Press  

Beyond Meat’s revenue fell nearly 9% in the third quarter as higher sales of its plant-based meat in Europe failed to make up for plummeting demand in the U.S. Beyond Meat cut its third-quarter and full-year revenue forecast last week, saying an anticipated rebound in plant-based meat sales during the quarter didn’t occur. Beyond Meat’s international retail sales rose 39% …

Beyond Meat cuts non-production workforce by 19% with demand for plant-based meat weak
1 year, 1 month ago

Beyond Meat cuts non-production workforce by 19% with demand for plant-based meat weak

Associated Press  

Beyond Meat is cutting 19% of its non-production workforce after a weaker-than-expected third quarter. “We anticipated a modest return to growth in the third quarter of 2023 that did not occur,” Beyond Meat President and CEO Ethan Brown said in a statement. U.S. retail dollar sales of fresh meat alternatives, like sausage and burgers, were down 21.5% this year through …

Plant-based meat sales are stagnating. Could amplifying its green benefits help change that?
1 year, 3 months ago

Plant-based meat sales are stagnating. Could amplifying its green benefits help change that?

Salon  

It's difficult to tell if the recent wave of anti-vegan sentiment has affected the plant-based meat market, but denigrating the image of vegans has certainly gone mainstream. However, a growing ideological divide over the environment means traditional ways of encouraging people to eat plant-based meat — promoting its green credentials — could be harming sales, according to research. Our study …

Fake Meat Is Bleeding, but It’s Not Dead Yet
1 year, 4 months ago

Fake Meat Is Bleeding, but It’s Not Dead Yet

Wired  

The day it went public in May 2019, Beyond Meat’s stock soared by 163 percent—the best one-day performance for a major American company in nearly two decades. On an earnings call on August 7, 2023, Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown told investors that net revenues had decreased 31 percent year-on-year, prompting the company’s share price to slip more than 10 …

Could we all be buying lab-grown meat soon?
1 year, 9 months ago

Could we all be buying lab-grown meat soon?

Salon  

In November 2022, the FDA made a surprise announcement: It had no further questions about the safety of a lab-grown chicken product from Upside Foods, one of the largest startups attempting to produce marketable lab-grown meat. When compared to conventional meat products, best-case-scenario lab meat production could avoid many of the ethical and environmental issues that come with conventional meat …

Internal documents detail dirty conditions at Beyond Meat plant
2 years, 1 month ago

Internal documents detail dirty conditions at Beyond Meat plant

LA Times  

Photos and internal documents from a Beyond Meat Inc. plant in Pennsylvania show apparent mold, listeria and other food-safety issues, compounding problems at a factory the company had expected to play a major role in its future. Inspections by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture in March and September “found no instances of nonconformance with regulations,” and the company’s food-safety protocols …

Time to celebrate soul-gratifying, ethical food
2 years, 11 months ago

Time to celebrate soul-gratifying, ethical food

Hindustan Times  

Fast food with a vegan twist It’s expected that plant based food will rule the industry in 2022 with the availability of vegan options in fast food. It’s expected that plant based food will rule the industry in 2022 with the availability of vegan options in fast food. Companies that promote vegan fast food have claimed that the trial across …

Why California is the capital of fake meat
3 years, 2 months ago

Why California is the capital of fake meat

LA Times  

This story is part of our series on the future of cultured and plant-based meat. Los Angeles-based Beyond Meat launched its plant-based meats in 2012; San Francisco’s Impossible Foods burger followed in 2016. “Meat is man’s most environmentally destructive food,” says Impossible’s vice president of product innovation, Celeste Holz-Schietinger, who believes that by 2035 the alt-protein movement will have put …

Plant-based food sales to rise fivefold by 2030, says report
3 years, 4 months ago

Plant-based food sales to rise fivefold by 2030, says report

Live Mint  

The global market for plant-based foods could see fivefold growth by 2030 helped by rising demand for sustainable products, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence report. Sales of plant-based dairy and meat alternatives reached $29.4 billion in 2020, and could increase to $162 billion by 2030, comprising 7.7% of the global protein market. Demand is increasing as companies like Beyond Meat …

The good, the bad and the ugly of plant-based diets
3 years, 5 months ago

The good, the bad and the ugly of plant-based diets

Live Mint  

In the U.S., sales of meat at grocery stores are down by more than 12% from a year ago. The United Nations’ global meat price gauge has risen for eight straight months, the longest streak since 2011, and is near a multi-year high. As the country suffered through one of Southeast Asia’s biggest economic hits from the pandemic, Cruz started …

Tricking the Taste Buds: Flavour Makers Rise to Meaty Challenge Amid Concerns Over Health, Animal Welfare
4 years, 1 month ago

Tricking the Taste Buds: Flavour Makers Rise to Meaty Challenge Amid Concerns Over Health, Animal Welfare

News 18  

At flavour maker Givaudan’s innovation centre near Zurich, veteran chef Sam Brunschweiler serves up a lamb shawarma dish that looks and tastes appropriately meaty but is made from pea protein. Givaudan analyses how fat, proteins, sugars and water in meat produce different flavours when heated because “most of the flavour comes from the cooking”, Garofalo said. Stacy Pyett, who manages …

Plant-based meats' popularity takes root in China
4 years, 3 months ago

Plant-based meats' popularity takes root in China

China Daily  

Dishes made from plant-based meat are available in some Chinese markets. About 160 supermarkets around China started selling microwavable meals featuring plant-based meats by Hong Kong-based food-technology company OmniFoods on Aug 27. Over at hotel Le Sun Chine in Shanghai, executive chef Gu Chao has created two dishes with plant-based meat-Shanghai-style meatballs with pumpkin filling and pancakes with "meat" toppings-for …

Plant-based meats' popularity takes root in China
4 years, 3 months ago

Plant-based meats' popularity takes root in China

China Daily  

Dishes made from plant-based meat are available in some Chinese markets. About 160 supermarkets around China started selling microwavable meals featuring plant-based meats by Hong Kong-based food-technology company OmniFoods on Aug 27. Over at hotel Le Sun Chine in Shanghai, executive chef Gu Chao has created two dishes with plant-based meat-Shanghai-style meatballs with pumpkin filling and pancakes with "meat" toppings-for …

Plant-based meats' popularity takes root in China
4 years, 3 months ago

Plant-based meats' popularity takes root in China

China Daily  

Dishes made from plant-based meat are available in some Chinese markets. About 160 supermarkets around China started selling microwavable meals featuring plant-based meats by Hong Kong-based food-technology company OmniFoods on Aug 27. Over at hotel Le Sun Chine in Shanghai, executive chef Gu Chao has created two dishes with plant-based meat-Shanghai-style meatballs with pumpkin filling and pancakes with "meat" toppings-for …

Plant-based meats' popularity takes root in China
4 years, 3 months ago

Plant-based meats' popularity takes root in China

China Daily  

Dishes made from plant-based meat are available in some Chinese markets. About 160 supermarkets around China started selling microwavable meals featuring plant-based meats by Hong Kong-based food-technology company OmniFoods on Aug 27. Over at hotel Le Sun Chine in Shanghai, executive chef Gu Chao has created two dishes with plant-based meat-Shanghai-style meatballs with pumpkin filling and pancakes with "meat" toppings-for …

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