UK food strategy recognises alternative proteins as driver for growth
Conrad AstleyThe UK government’s new outline for the upcoming food strategy has highlighted that alternative proteins can deliver economic growth.
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Affordable products driving plant-based retail sales growth
Conrad AstleyDouble-digit growth of more affordable own-brand products has driven an increase in plant-based retail sales across four European countries.
Research: Four in 10 German and UK adults plan to eat more plant-based food
Conrad AstleyNew research has found that 38% of German and UK adults intend to change their diets by eating more plant-based foods.
UK invests £1.4 million in boosting Food Standards Agency precision fermentation expertise
Conrad AstleyThe UK government has invested £1.4 million in a new innovation hub, enabling the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to expand its expertise in new technologies including precision fermentation.
UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget calls for the development of tastier and more affordable plant-based meat
Conrad AstleyNonprofit and think tank the Good Food Institute Europe (GFI Europe) has welcomed the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) advice that the UK government support the development of more nutritious and sustainable plant-based foods.
Plant-based goes mainstream as European retail sales grow
Conrad AstleyNew analysis shows that sales of plant-based foods in six key European countries grew by 5.5% to €5.4 billion last year.
Cultivated meat could add up to €85 billion to the EU economy and create up to 90,000 jobs by 2050
A new analysis has found that – with the right support – cultivated meat could make a significant contribution to the EU’s economy.
