All Meat alternatives articles – Page 6
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2023: Plant-Based Meat Alternatives
This Juicy Marbles line looked to replicate a “whole muscle” steak texture
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News
Beyond Meat to axe staff in turnaround attempt
Embattled vegan brand Beyond Meat is planning to axe 19% of its non-production employees in a move to drastically reduce costs
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News
Quorn owner hit by cost hikes and falling demand in meat-free
Quorn parent Marlow Foods has plunged into the red as soaring costs, falling demand for plant-based in supermarkets and one-off redundancy charges hit the Monde Nissin-owned group.
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News
VFC Foods expands plant-based offering with acquisition of Clive’s Purely Plants
VFC’s move follows the rescue of Meatless Farm in June
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News
This targets profitability after heavy losses
Meat alternative producer This is targeting profitability by 2025 as it shifts focus from hyper-growth to improving margins following heavy losses.
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News
Better Nature appoints non-exec as it launches fresh funding round
Plant-based challenger Better Nature has strengthened its board and kicked off a crowdfunding campaign as it continues to push tempeh into the mainstream
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Comment & Opinion
Consolidation in the plant-based meat market is inevitable
Plant-based is following the trend of any exciting, high-growth nascent category, says Mark Turner, MD at This
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Range Preview
No sushi? Explore Waitrose’s Japan Menyū range
Curated with Japanese food experts, the range includes ready meals, centrepieces, sides and snacks
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News
This sells stake to ITV for TV ad campaign
Plant-based brand This has sold a minority stake to ITV in return for up to £4m worth of advertising across the station’s channels
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News
Cultivated fat farm launches in central London
Back fat cells taken from a single pig – now ‘running around happily in a field’ – are being cultivated to eventually produce around 10 tonnes of fat a year at the facility
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Profiles
My Alternative CV: VFC’s Adam Lyons on racing, heights and chicken lives saved
‘We have a chicken life saved counter on our website. If I am ever having a bad day and feeling a little overwhelmed I just look at that’
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Comment & Opinion
Does La Vie have what it takes to survive UK plant-based?
Can La Vie entertain its consumers in a UK plant-based market that is currently walking the tightrope?
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Comment & Opinion
How ideation workshops could solve plant-based woes
An effective ideation process can help suppliers and retailers collaborate, says Gina Overton, director of Bridgethorne
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Analysis & Features
Can Enough save the reputation of plant-based alt meats?
The food tech business plans to produce masses of mycoprotein
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Analysis & Features
Seven meat alternative brands that couldn’t stand the heat
It’s been a tough couple of years for meat-free brands, and it’s all come to a head in the last few months
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Category Report
Is there still an appetite for plant-based meat?
Despite some high-profile exits from alt meat, a wealth of big brands remain ambitious – and smaller players are also aiming to make a mark
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News
Enough secures €40m to produce cheaper meat-free products
The sustainable meat-free ingredients group has raised the funding to boost capacity at its factory
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Comment & Opinion
Plant-based will return to growth. The only question is how
Rumours of the death of plant-based meat alternatives are greatly exaggerated
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News
Dairy giant FrieslandCampina makes UK alt meat debut
The Tender’lish brand – including Chik’n Cheese Escalope, Cripsy Chik’n Fillet Burger, Crunchy Chik’n Tenders and Cripsy Chik’n Fillets – will arrive in UK grocery from early October
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Comment & Opinion
Cell meat is a hard sell. I hope Brits reject it
While Brits might initially embrace fleeting food fashions, at the end of the day our food instincts are sound, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This