The business of alternative proteins
Growing consumer demand is driving investment in Europe’s plant-based, cultivated meat and fermentation sectors.
As a nonprofit and think tank, the Good Food Institute Europe provides open-access resources and leads initiatives to help facilitate diverse and innovative plant-based, cultivated meat and fermentation industries.

Europe sales data 2021-early 2024
Our analysis of Circana data across 6 key European countries shows sales of plant-based foods grew by 5.5% in value and 3.5% in volume in 2023. Explore the data with breakdowns by country and category.


Scale-up series
What do you want to be when you grow up? In the first instalment of our new scale-up series, we explore ways to successfully build a sustainable growth strategy in the emerging plant-based, fermentation-made and cultivated meat sectors, beginning with four key questions startups should be asking themselves.
The food industry is cut-throat, and growing a startup to a mature company is an incredibly difficult journey, read the full blog for more on how alternative protein companies can begin to approach this challenge, and learn more about how these questions apply in the real-world.
European alternative protein company database
Explore the landscape of plant-based, cultivated meat and fermentation companies in Europe. Use the database to stay up-to-date on startups, food manufacturers, and ingredient and equipment companies active in the sector.
Alternative protein company database
Use this database view to identify European companies producing plant-based, cultivated and fermentation-made meat, eggs, dairy and seafood.
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Global company database
Visit GFI’s global company database to explore alternative protein companies around the world, add companies that aren’t on our list, or request updates to our data.
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GFI’s business experts work with investors and entrepreneurs across the private sector to advance the alternative protein industry and enable market breakthroughs. Learn more about their work.