Media statements
Media statements
Plant-based food retail sales grow 27 percent to reach $7 billion in 2020
New data from PBFA and GFI shows plant-based meat, dairy, and eggs outpace conventional animal product sales for the third consecutive year.
Record $3.1 billion invested in alt proteins in 2020, 3x the capital invested in 2019
2020 was a record-breaking year for alternative protein investments globally, with more capital raised during this period than in any single year in the industry’s history.
New studies further the case for cultivated meat over conventional meat in the race to net-zero emissions
A first-of-a-kind life cycle assessment and techno-economic assessment conducted by independent research firm CE Delft further the case for cultivated meat over conventional meat in the race to net-zero emissions.
Beyond Meat’s strategic global agreements with McDonald’s and Yum! Brands are the “clearest sign yet that the future of meat will be plant-based”
Beyond Meat’s strategic global agreements with McDonald’s and Yum! Brands mark a new chapter for plant-based meat and are the clearest sign yet that the future of meat will be plant-based.
Assemblymember Kalra introduces bill to help smaller farms transition to sustainable, plant-based agriculture
AB 1289 will help increase agricultural revenue and make California a leader in supplying and processing plant-based foods.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes “one small bite for a man, one giant bite for humankind”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has today become the world’s first head of state to eat cultivated meat, enjoying a cultivated steak at a historic tasting event in Rehovot, just outside Tel Aviv.
Historic, first-ever sale of cultivated meat is a huge step, but more investment is needed to bring it to the masses, says GFI Executive
As Eat Just makes the world’s first sale of cultivated chicken, The Good Food Institute calls for more government investment to ensure cultivated meat can be produced in volumes that will enable it to move beyond a niche product to being sold in every restaurant in the world.
World’s first regulatory approval for cultivated meat begins “new space race for the future of food”
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and Eat Just have undertaken a rigorous approval process to bring cultivated meat to market in Singapore.
McPlant launch could “reverberate throughout the global supply chain” and solidify plant-based meat’s mainstream status, says foodservice expert
McDonald's move to develop and launch its own line of plant-based meat marks a major inflection point for alternative proteins.
Tofurky Files First Amendment Challenge Against Louisiana Label Censorship Law
Lawsuit Challenges Law Designed to Disadvantage Plant-Based Products