While plant-based burgers, sausages, and meatballs have long dominated the alt-meat landscape, creating realistic steak from plants has always represented the highest, if the seemingly unattainable goal, for many brands.

But thanks to fearless and relentless innovation, a host of shockingly meaty and juicy plant-based steaks have arrived on the US and Canadian markets, and are rapidly coming to the fore. Here, vegconomist takes a look at the most noteworthy names bringing animal-free steak to mainstream consumers.
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