New Plant-Based Egg Challengers Enter the Market
While plant-based egg products are hitting the market, it remains to be seen whether consumers will adopt these products en masse.
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Wow Bao Chain Continues Expansion Via Vending Machines
Chicago-based Asian chain Wow Bao is exploring a new avenue as it continues its growth: vending machines. Wow Bao, which began as a fast-casual concept specializing in steamed buns and has since expanded as a …
Coffee Shops Embracing Plant-based Options
CHICAGO – Oat milk and other plant-based milks were in abundance at Coffee Fest Chicago recently. Today’s coffee shop consumers want plant-based options to address their concerns about health, animal welfare, and the environment. While …
Unpacking the World’s First Plant-Based ETF
In December 2021, the VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate Exchange-traded Fund (NYSE ticker: EATV) made history as the world’s first plant-based ETF. VegTech Invest CEO Elysabeth Alfano recently joined The Food Institute Podcast to discuss …
Can Breeding Super Seeds Improve Plant-Based Foods?
Plant-based protein is popping up in more products than ever before, but challenges related to flavor and texture have left a bad taste in the mouths of many consumers. In response, some companies are utilizing …
Plant-Based Meat Growth Expected to Continue Despite Obstacles
The plant-based meat category is experiencing some growing pains. Through the early weeks of the pandemic, alt-meat sales grew some 200% at retail outlets, and the hype around that helped the category secure more than …
Tips for Capitalizing on Plant-Based Products
Summer Fancy Food Show Highlights What’s Next in Plant-Based
Plant-based was a unifying theme at the Specialty Food Association’s 2022 Summer Fancy Food show last week, with companies showcasing unique innovations across multiple food and beverage categories. With that, the plant-based specialty retail market …
Menu Innovation Spurring Breakfast’s Revival at Restaurants
As professionals return to offices and on-site work post-pandemic-peak, restaurants are revitalizing breakfast service in a trend back toward innovative items with international influences. Chains are driving morning traffic back with discounts and deals, TODAY …
Sunny Side Definitely Up for Plant-Based Egg Market
In a quiet evolution from shelf stable baking substitutes to refrigerated scrambles and beyond, plant-based eggs are on the rise. Consumer awareness of plant-based egg products has been increasing, but it is still a small …
Solving Taste Challenges with Flavor Modulation
This article is written and sponsored by Kerry. Taste is what drives consumers to purchase their favorite foods and beverages. However, great taste isn’t always easy to achieve. In fact, categories like plant-based meat and dairy …
Expert: Nutrition Should Be Focus for Plant-Based
When it comes to perceived health benefits, plant-based alternatives are at a pivotal juncture. On a recent Food Institute Podcast, Kerry Nutrition Scientist Nathan Pratt, PhD, RD, unpacked the challenges — and responsibilities — food …
Restaurant Show Puts Plant-Based in Spotlight
CHICAGO – Plant-based protein options were plentiful at the recent National Restaurant Association show, with old timers Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, and Kellogg’s Morningstar Farms joined by newer companies – such as Daring, Next Gen …
Food and Beverage Manufacturers Going Green with Spirulina
In 1974, the United Nations hailed the blue-green microalgae spirulina as possibly the “best food for the future.” Nearly half a century later, food and beverage manufacturers appear to be catching on. The spirulina market …
Q&A: Plant-Based Menu Innovations Gen Z Students Love
Colleges and universities are on the frontline of plant-based foodservice innovation as they cater to the Gen Z students who will help shape the future of menus. For additional insights, The Food Institute spoke with …
Bloomberg Boosts 10-Year Plant-Based Market Forecast to $166 Billion
The global plant-based alternatives market could swell to $166 billion in the next decade, according to an updated forecast by Bloomberg Intelligence. Bloomberg’s May 2022 projections incorporated 2021 results into the Plant-Based Foods Poised for …
Innovative New Products Entering the Plant-Based Category
Key Takeaways from New Report on Veganism
Judging by online searches, veganism is not as hot as it used to be. The global popularity of vegan-related search terms appears to be slowing down, according to a recent analysis of Google AdWords data …
Supply Chain Pain Continues to Snarl Global Shipping
While many thought global shipping bottlenecks would ease by mid-2022, a number of factors promise to extend supply chain pain into the near future. In 2021, supply chain bottlenecks were mostly a function of record …
Inside America’s ‘First Plant-Based Fast-Casual Franchise’
WAYZATA, Minnesota – On a cold, wet April afternoon, two elements distinguish STALK & SPADE from neighboring restaurants in this well-to-do Twin Cities suburb: First, there’s a line stretching nearly out the door, as a …
Yellow Pea Protein Market Growth Set to Continue on Rise of Alternative Meat
This article is written and sponsored by Transparency Market Research. Rising customer interest in alternative meats, the growing veganism trend, and increased demand from the nutritional supplements industry are projected to drive global yellow pea protein …
Alt Seafood Poised to Make a Big Splash
Amid growing concerns about pollutants, overfishing and climate change, now is the perfect time for companies to invest in plant-based and other alt-seafood technologies, experts told The Food Institute. The Good Food Institute, an international …
Tips for Capitalizing on Plant-Based Products
Report: 40% of Consumers Buying Plant-Based Foods
Nearly half of consumers are buying plant-based products in 2022. A new report from Acosta found that 40 percent of consumers surveyed in March purchased plant-based protein and/or dairy alternatives within the last six months, …
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Plant-Based Milk Sales Soared During Pandemic, Continue to Rise
The pandemic era has seen a significant rise in the sales of plant-based milks and cheeses, experts said, attributing the upward trend to consumers developing more healthful habits after having eaten indulgently at the beginning …
Analysis: Is the Alt-Protein Movement Overhyped?
While some in the industry are optimistic about alt-protein’s prospects and perceived benefits, others claim alt-protein is, in some respects, overhyped, as noted in a new report. The Politics of Protein, by the International Panel …
Demand Growing for Clean Label Meat Alternatives
As a broader variety of plant-based protein alternatives enter the market, health-conscious flexitarians are turning a more critical eye towards ingredients and production methods. In 2021, consumer interest in clean label grew by 86% within …
Teen Spending Up, Interest in Plant-Based Down
Teens are spending more money (+9%) and food is a top priority, according to Piper Sandler’s Taking Stock with Teens Spring 2022 survey. With these themes in mind, below are key findings that food industry …
Plant-Based Snacks Enjoying Steady Growth
As consumers continue to blur the line between snacks and meals, the plant-based category is playing an active role in the space between. Seventy-eight percent of global consumers say their definition of snacks has evolved …
Projecting the Plant-Based Future
Is Beyond Meat Beyond Repair?
Investors appear to have soured on Beyond Meat, sending its stock price from a $160.28 to as low as $35.74 in the last year, as competition in the alternative-meat sector has increased and the company’s …
Is the Future Consumer Flexitarian?
As reported in a recent FoodThink white paper, flexibility is among the top priorities for U.S. consumers when it comes to food shopping and eating behaviors. With food habits and social wellness trends evolving rapidly, …
Why One Company is Going All-In on ‘Bee-Less’ Honey
If all the world’s bees were to die, the face of the earth would resemble Mars, the website for MeliBio bee-less honey maintains. It’s imperative to save the roughly 20,000 native and wild bee species, …
Analysis: Is There Too Much Plant-Based Competition?
Seemingly any product you can think of has a plant-based alternative these days. When The Food Institute attended this years’ Natural Products Expo West, we found a plethora of plant-based brands with items like alt-chicken …
The Plant-Based Protein Movement and Market Outlook
Plant-based innovations are disrupting the food industry, as the category’s growing prevalence in environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) matters drives investor interest from farm to fork – and beyond. Research from Bloomberg Intelligence suggests the …
Can Plant-Based Innovation Boost Store Brand Sales?
On the heels of a stagnant sales year for store brands, Amazon and Kroger are bulking up their private label portfolios with plant-based products. Is category innovation on the horizon? The Food Institute Podcast · …