insert_link Food & Drink Going Beyond Pea Protein for Plant-Based Foods In 2019, consumers embraced plant-based meats, ensuring this way of eating is not just a fad. But this growing movement will see a shift beyond the current “it” ingredient: pea protein. While soy has been a common meat analog for decades, pea protein has been a vital building block to many plant-based meat items recently. It’s the foundation of Beyond Meat’s products and is also the base for Lightlife’s Plant-Based […] todayFebruary 3, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Health Conscious Plant-Based Diet Surge Drives Food Industry to go Beyond Pea Proteins In 2019, consumers embraced plant-based meats, ensuring this way of eating is not just a fad. But this growing movement will see a shift beyond the current “it” ingredient: pea protein. While soy has been a common meat analog for decades, pea protein has been a vital building block to many plant-based meat items recently. It’s the foundation of Beyond Meat’s products and is also the base for Lightlife’s Plant-Based […] todayFebruary 3, 2020
insert_link Food & Drink Impossibly Beyond Expectations: Plant-Based Burgers took over the Food Industry in 2019 Plant-based burgers became ubiquitous in 2019. In grocery stores, at restaurants nationwide and even at theme parks, consumers could easily pick up plant-based options that look and taste like something made from ground beef. The plethora of plant-based burger options is welcome news to vegans and consumers looking to reduce their meat intake alike. However, burgers and ground beef are just one small sector of the meat options out there. […] todayJanuary 29, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Sure They’re Plant-Based, But Are Beyond and Impossible Burgers Healthy, Too? Just in time for summer grilling season, the faux-meat burger craze is getting meatier. Earlier this month, plant-based meat products purveyor Beyond Meat introduced an update to their flagship meat-free product, the Beyond Burger. This “now even meatier” version promises three improvements over their first burger, which hit store shelves in 2016. First, it has more “marbling,” a nod to the natural fat layers of ground beef that account for […] todayJuly 9, 2019
insert_link Food & Drink Beyond Burgers Promise to be even “Meatier.” Is that a Good Thing? Just in time for summer grilling season, the faux-meat burger craze is getting meatier. Earlier this month, plant-based meat products purveyor Beyond Meat introduced an update to their flagship meat-free product, the Beyond Burger. This “now even meatier” version promises three improvements over their first burger, which hit store shelves in 2016. First, it has more “marbling,” a nod to the natural fat layers of ground beef that account for […] todayJuly 9, 2019
insert_link Food & Drink Beyond Meat’s Success May Usher In a Whole New Industry The Beyond Meat company recently stated its sales tripled this quarter in its very first earnings report. The company also said it expects to break even this year. Its shares have taken off substantially since IPO even before the surprisingly good earnings report. Beyond Meat makes, well, fake meat: the Beyond Burger. So too does Impossible Foods, its major rival (they make the Impossible Burger). Arguably there’s an appetite […] todayJune 27, 2019