Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat is introducing a new sausage to its lineup, but unlike the company’s other offerings, this plant-based protein product is not meant to replicate a meat product. Beyond Sun Sausage is meant to be a new kind of protein substitute, with three flavor options—cajun, pesto, and pineapple jalapeño. The…

Business Halal meat is big business both within and beyond Muslim communities More restaurants in Canada are putting halal certified meat on their menus to make sure their food is religiously compliant for some observant Muslims. But the move is as much about taking advantage of a big business opportunity…

The petition by the  Meat Import Council of America (MICA) and the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) to allow grants of inspections for foreign meat “beyond a 50-mile geographic radius of a U.S. land or sea port of entry where individual circumstances and conditions may justify the action,” may not…

Plant-based proteins are often used in meat and dairy analogues, and on occasion in egg analogues. Their purpose is to provide flexitarian, vegetarian and vegan consumers with an experience which compares closely with meat and dairy in taste, texture and nutritional value. However, there is far more potential for plant-based…

Akerho "AK" Oghoghomeh, senior vice president of global marketing at Beyond Meat, explained to FoodNavigator-USA how the campaign demystifies the brand’s ingredients, process, mission and products for consumers whose spending has grown leaner amid rising grocery prices and who are uncertain about plant-based ingredient processing. “We wanted to make sure…

V2food, which is a joint venture between the CSIRO’s Main Sequence Ventures and Jack Cowin’s Competitive Foods Australia, banked $77 million at a valuation north of $500 million in 2020. All G Foods, raised $16 million in 2021 and then another $25 million last year. Woolworth’s venture arm, W23, was…

At the risk of seeming unreasonable, may curses rain down on the fair-weather vegan. Vegan food sales are slipping. The US brand Beyond Meat (home of the “bleeding” burger) has reported a drop in sales of almost a third. Elsewhere, fake-meat producers are struggling, vegan restaurants are closing, vegan ranges…

On Monday, Beyond Meat announced that its net revenue had fallen by 30.5%, which also led to its share price falling by 10%. This comes amid reports of a steady decline, or in the words of one innovator, a ‘shakedown’,​ for the plant-based meat sector. Beyond Meat and the industry​Beyond…

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This story is part of the Grist arts and culture series Remember When, a weeklong exploration of what happened to the climate solutions that once clogged our social feeds. The camera pans slowly across a close-up of crispy, golden McDonald’s fries, standing tall like ears of corn. “We used to think…