Plant-based patty is now available in more than 8,000 retail outlets nationwide, a 50x increase in less than six months.
July 31, 2020
Plant-based Impossible Burger will will soon be stocked in nearly 2,100 Walmart Supercenter and Walmart Neighborhood Market locations. Customers can find Impossible Burger in the fresh meat section of the store in 12-ounce packages. Impossible Burger is also available through Walmart Grocery Pickup & Delivery.
Organic Valley Egg Bites are a convenient and healthy, yet indulgent, snack or light breakfast. Each 4-ounce package contains two egg bite cups packing in 14 to 16 grams of protein with less than 250 calories. Each serving contains the equivalent of 1 ½ to 2 eggs, depending on the flavor. They’re portable and virtually prep-free: simply pop in the toaster oven or microwave, and they’re ready to eat in less than 90 seconds.
Plant-based brand Wholly Veggie continues its mission of creating a more sustainable food future by increasing consumer access to its line of ready-to-use, vegetable-based products, including its newest addition, Plant-Based Cauliflower Wings. The company recently announced an increased U.S presence through its expansion to 1,200 Target locations. The growth comes alongside Wholly Veggie’s new distribution through UNFI in Southern California and National Co+op Grocers (NCG). Along with Target, shoppers can find Wholly Veggie products at SoCal’s Lassens, Lazy Acres and Gelsons’ grocery stores.
At one point in late March during the height of shelter-in-place, make-at-home pizza kit sales rose +243.3% compared to the same time in 2019. Even during normal times, Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second. For those making pizza at home, sometimes it helps to have a head start.
The report finds consumers are becoming conscious of the effects their diet has on the environment.
November 21, 2019
According to the 2019 Power of Meat Report, compiled by the Food Marketing Institute, Washington, D.C., and Foundation for Meat & Poultry Education & Research, Washington, D.C., eating meat is still the norm.
The study revealed that 64.6% of participants were probably or definitely willing to try cultured meat, and only 18.4% were probably or definitely not willing to try cultured meat, whilst 16.9% were unsure.
July 17, 2019
The Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK, and the University Studies, Portland State University, Portland, Ore., released a study that exposes U.S. adults to one of three different frames on cultured meat—“societal benefits,” “high tech” and “same meat.”
Vegan diets are healthy with the appropriate selection of foods that adequately meet recommended nutritional requirements.
February 21, 2019
A significant improvement in metabolic health indicators such as cholesterol, blood lipids and glucose tolerance can be seen within 48 hours of consuming a vegan diet, according to studies conducted by Nestlé Research scientists in partnership with academics from the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The survey also suggests that a large number of consumers are planning major changes to their diets over the coming year.
July 30, 2018
Almost half of vegans and a quarter of vegetarians are dissatisfied with the choice of food products available to them, according to research revealed by Ingredient Communications, UK.
Baby Boomers rarely follow special diets like low-carb, Atkins, Paleo, etc., but are looking for better-for-you attributes in their food.
July 26, 2018
Young people are not the only ones driving fruits and vegetables to the forefront. Baby Boomers are just as likely to be full meat eaters, but are more likely to consider themselves flexitarians and less likely to consider themselves either vegetarian or vegan, according to a study produced by Datassential, Chicago.
The trend toward reducing meat intake has led to the emergence of new opportunities to target vegans, vegetarians, non-meat eaters and non-red-meat eaters.
July 8, 2016
Innova Market Insights, The Netherlands, released data that shows a +60% rise in global food and beverage launches using a vegetarian claim between 2011 and 2015.