Food giant Unilever is making major plays towards sustainable innovation in the Europe market. This week it announced a £71m investment in the new Netherlands facility where the main focus will be development of plant-based ingredients and meats. Read more about the announcement and find a video here: Areas of research will include: plant-based ingredients…
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CB INSIGHTS: Disrupting the Global Meat Market
CB Insights has released a new report on the impact of meat alternatives on the meat industry. The report is available in a 30+ page downloadable document, but this article serves as a useful summary of its findings: Despite high-profile deals in the sector, the industrial meat industry faces a rising tide of challenges related…
ECOWATCH: New Study Links Dairy Consumption to Prostate Cancer
The body of evidence linking diet to disease continues to grow. This new study focuses specifically on the relationship between dairy consumption and prostate cancer risk. EcoWatch summarizes the results of the study in this article: In a new study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Mayo Clinic researchers found that eating a…
FOOD NAVIGATOR: FAIRR Investment Group Touts Nestle and Unilever as Plant-Based Leaders
Nestlé and Unilever ‘best prepared’ for plant-based boom: FAIRR 24-Jul-2019 By Oliver Morrison A ‘high dependence on animal-based ingredients is a material risk to business’ warns a report from the $5trn investor network, which identifies the leaders and laggards in the booming alternative protein space.
MEDICAL NEWS TODAY: Plant-Based Eating to Lower Diabetes Risk
A new Harvard study has furthered the research linking plant-based eating to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Check out the full recap from Medical News Today here: One of the main risk factors for type 2 diabetes — the most common form of diabetes — is diet. However, this is a modifiable entity,…
BUSINESS INSIDER: Plant-Based Meat to Be Worth $85 Billion by 2030
Plant-based meat, dairy and other animal product alternatives are continuing to pick up momentum. This new research by UBS predicts the plant-based meat market to reach $85 billion by 2030, while the plant-based dairy category shows growth potential to nearly $40 billion by just 2025. Read the entire report here on Business Insider: The plant-based…
Cell Based Tech and the Rapidly Growing Plant Based Food Industry
Although tried and true vegan staples like tofu stir fry, lentils and falafel have served plant based eaters well over the years, the options and palates for new age plant based eaters are transforming. The concept of plant based foods with animal based textures and flavors is becoming a phenomenon. It turns out, consumers desire…
NPR: Make Meat Eaters’ Mouths Water with Plants
We all know that there are people out there who simply won’t eat something because it’s labeled as “vegan” or “vegetarian”. So how then do we get people averse to these labels to try new foods that just happen to be plant-based. The answer is simple, just make the foods delicious without advertising the fact…
CNN: Go Plant-Based to Save the Planet!
Changing our way of eating is the best opportunity we have to save this beautiful home of ours, and finally the mainstream media is catching on. This article from CNN sites the science behind why animal product consumtion is so harmful to the environment and even offers a 3-day “Flexitarian Jumpstart” for anyone looking to…
THE ECONOMIST: Plant-Based Protein and America’s Food Supply
The Economist reports on the impact that shifting to plant-based protein could have on the American food supply. The full story also includes a graphic showing the opportunity costs of animal versus plant protein sources. Alon Shepon of the Weizmann Institute and colleagues have looked at this in terms of opportunity costs. Choosing to make…