Using publicly available data, non-profit and alternative protein advocacy organization the Good Food Institute (‘GFI’) has identified commonly-recognised predictions about the future of plant-based meat. A newly released report suggests that the latter could account for 6 percent of total global meat and seafood production, by 2030. In manufacturing terms, this means 25 million metric tonnes of animal-free protein will need to be produced every year. The estimate is a boon for the burgeoning plant-based meat manufacturing sector, with further scaling and innovation needed.
Plant-based and cultivated meat in the United States: A review and research agenda through the lens of socio-technical transitions
Quotes from Sciencedirect, Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 405, 15 June 2023 Sebastián Dueñas-Ocampo ab, Waverly Eichhorst a, Peter Newton a a Department of Environmental Studies, Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community, University of Colorado Boulder, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO, 80303,...