Plant Protein-Based Foods, Trend from a Business Perspective
Fatma Boukid, Supriya Kumari, Zakir Showkat Khan
Abstract
The market of plant-based foods is expanding fast with no signs of slowing down. Plant-based diets are gaining popularity and thus consumers are shifting towards an animal free or reduced diet. Manufactures are increasingly in investing in new ingredients and advanced processing to recreate alternative products with similar experiences to that of the animal derived products. The main alternative plant-based products are meat analogues with the largest share followed by dairy and seafood and egg alternatives. The key boosters are health, environmental, and ethical concerns. Thus, this chapter focuses on the current markets and market trends of plant protein-based foods, the consumer challenges/acceptance, and the prospects of the plant protein-based foods.