Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust
55 years ago

Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust

Wired  

Over the past three years, the plant-based meat industry has experienced a major reversal in vibes. Between 2018 and 2021, total sales of plant-based foods in the US grew from $4.8 billion to $7.4 billion, with much of that growth driven by plant-based meat in particular. An annual report from the Good Food Institute, an alternative protein nonprofit, found that dollar sales of plant-based meat and seafood in the US fell by 13 percent over the past two years. Dairy milk alternatives like soy, oat, and almond made up nearly 15 percent of total milk sales in the US, while the share of plant-based meat and seafood in their market is around 1 percent. In February, Beyond Meat launched the fourth-generation version of its burger and ground beef, calling them “our meatiest, juiciest products yet.” Rising concerns about so-called ultraprocessed food have also buffeted the plant-based meat industry, given the high amount of processing usually needed to make its products.

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Hindustan Times  

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Salon  

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Daily Mail  

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Associated Press  

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Will lab-grown meat ever make it onto supermarket shelves?

Live Mint  

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1 year ago

Meat eaters more likely to buy plant-based foods not marketed as vegan

The Telegraph  

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Is it better to eat plant-based foods than rely on meat?

The Hindu  

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1 year, 1 month ago

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The Independent  

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Beyond Meat revenue falls as rising demand in Europe can’t overcome plummeting US sales
1 year, 2 months ago

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

Associated Press  

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1 year, 2 months ago

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

Associated Press  

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

Salon  

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The Independent  

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Wired  

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The Hindu  

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Associated Press  

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Hindustan Times  

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Live Mint  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Body less able to absorb protein from vegan ‘meat’, study suggests
2 years, 6 months ago

Body less able to absorb protein from vegan ‘meat’, study suggests

The Independent  

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Supermarket sandwiches ‘still too meaty’ amid alternative protein use rise
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How ‘alternative proteins’ can help us avert climate catastrophe
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Can plant-based supplements bridge the protein gap of vegan diets?
2 years, 10 months ago

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2 years, 11 months ago

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2 years, 11 months ago

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Associated Press  

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2 years, 11 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Is plant-based meat replacing traditional meat? Know more
3 years, 1 month ago

Is plant-based meat replacing traditional meat? Know more

India TV News  

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Sainsbury’s boss reveals concerns over fatty vegan food products
3 years, 2 months ago

Sainsbury’s boss reveals concerns over fatty vegan food products

The Telegraph  

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Why your vegan burger is not always better than chicken
3 years, 2 months ago

Why your vegan burger is not always better than chicken

Live Mint  

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One third of British people now drink plant-based milk, according to report
3 years, 3 months ago

One third of British people now drink plant-based milk, according to report

The Independent  

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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 …

Plant-based Burgers are Taking Over Processed Meat Buns, But are They Healthy?
3 years, 6 months ago

Plant-based Burgers are Taking Over Processed Meat Buns, But are They Healthy?

News 18  

University of Hertfordshire Hatfield Plant-based diets have surged in popularity during the past few years. They often contain many similar ingredients including protein isolates, emulsifiers, binders and other additives and are made using industrial processing methods, so can be considered an ultra-processed food product. The newness of plant-based burgers and other meat alternatives means that there hasn’t yet been time …

What is the recipe for plant-based ’meats’?
3 years, 6 months ago

What is the recipe for plant-based ’meats’?

Live Mint  

In The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, Douglas Adams poses an ethical conundrum that the book’s protagonist, Arthur Dent, finds rather tricky. More recently, economic growth in China and India has been accompanied by significant increases in meat consumption; what used to be largely small-scale pastoral operations transformed into greenhouse gas emitting dystopian factory farms of large-scale cruelty, …

What is the recipe for plant-based ’meats’?
3 years, 6 months ago

What is the recipe for plant-based ’meats’?

Live Mint  

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The good, the bad and the ugly of plant-based diets
3 years, 6 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 …

Scientists to make mock meat tastier, healthier
3 years, 7 months ago

Scientists to make mock meat tastier, healthier

Live Mint  

As meat-eating continues to increase around the world, food scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are focusing on ways to create healthier, better-tasting and more sustainable plant-based protein products that mimic meat, fish, milk, cheese and eggs. It's no simple task, says food scientist David Julian McClements, University of Massachusetts Amherst Distinguished Professor and lead author of a paper …

Vegan And Vegetarian Grilling Recipes For A Plant-Based Cookout
3 years, 7 months ago

Vegan And Vegetarian Grilling Recipes For A Plant-Based Cookout

Huff Post  

HuffPost You’ve likely heard plenty of reasons you should cut back on your meat and dairy consumption: The production of animal products has numerous negative ramifications for your health, the environment and the welfare of animals. The “Meatless Mondays” movement, for example, which encourages consumers to eliminate meat just one day a week, calculated that if everyone who knows about …

Taste alone won’t persuade Americans to swap out beef for plant-based burgers
3 years, 7 months ago

Taste alone won’t persuade Americans to swap out beef for plant-based burgers

Salon  

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Consumers are more likely to choose a plant-based meat substitute when the restaurant's advertising highlights the social benefits of doing so rather than its taste, according to recently published research I conducted with a colleague. In all three commercials, we presented nutritional information that showed plant-based …

Co-op cuts cost of plant-based foods to match price of meat in drive for ‘lower carbon lifestyles’
3 years, 8 months ago

Co-op cuts cost of plant-based foods to match price of meat in drive for ‘lower carbon lifestyles’

The Independent  

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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 …

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 …

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