For all of the exotic cuts on display there is one thing missing from John Maynard’s butchers shop - meat. In its place is an array of curious culinary constructions: steaks made of wheat, burgers mashed out of jackfruit and 'shroom dogs' instead of chorizo, among others.

Impossible Foods — purveyor of the world-famous meat-free Impossible Burger — is now developing an alternative to fish in response to the growing market for plant-based foods and to combat depleted ocean populations.

The chain prepares for the nationwide rollout of the popular plant-based burger with an update to its menu online. 

Proponents of the law say it’s necessary to avoid confusing consumers. That...doesn’t sound right.

The mung bean-based product is the top selling liquid egg in natural stores and the second best-selling in conventional stores.

The fake meat startup held a kid-centric event to quash fears that we’re heading for a vegetarian meat bubble.

The bromance between two Hollywood heavyweights has led to a project that could change the future of Kiwi farming. Avatar director James Cameron and Hobbit director Sir Peter Jackson have joined forces to create a "plant-based" food business. Rumours about the secret venture have swirled for two years, but the pair has remained tight-lipped until now.

(CNN)The latest craze in the food industry, in vitro or "clean" meat, is produced by extracting stem cells from animals and then growing and multiplying those cells in a lab to create a piece of meat.

Analysts believe falling prices and reduced ‘yuck factor’ will build appetite for bug cuisine

Beyond Meat, the plant-based meat company, is going public next week. The company sells burgers that contain no meat, but taste like they do. Its stated goal is to fix our food system. Its initial public offering (IPO) is the latest sign that alt-meat is going mainstream — and that’s a big deal.

If you’ve been hankering to try one of the cutting-edge meatless burgers people are talking about but haven’t been able to get your hands on one yet, you’re in luck: Burger King’s Impossible Whopper — a patty made with 0 percent meat — will soon be available nationwide. It’s been barely a month since the fast-food chain announced it was giving the new Impossible Whopper a trial run in 59 restaurants in the St. Louis area. Already, the results are so promising that Burger King now plans to make the product available in all its 7,200 branches across the US by the end of this year.

When it comes to food, tech isn’t always the first thing that comes to mind. However, technology over the years has changed how we produce and find our food through applications, robotics, data and processing techniques. According to a recent report from ING, technology helps food manufacturers produce more efficiently for a growing world population. There are 7.5 billion people in the world right now and that means a higher demand for food each year. By using tech to improve processing and packaging, it can improve the shelf life and safety of food.

Beyond Meat's stock market value hits $3.8bn as shares in the US firm start trading on Wall Street.

Beyond Meat, the plant-based meat company, started publicly trading Thursday morning, and the stock more than doubled in value right out of the gate — it’s now trading at $60, when just last week the company was estimating it would start selling at $19 to $21.

Beyond Meat stock is busting out on its first day of trading. The company priced its initial public offering at $25, its shares opened at $46, and the stock was trading at about $67 per share late Thursday afternoon. The 140% one-day gain is better than the first-day performance of such hot recent IPOs as Lyft (ticker: LYFT), Pinterest (PINS), and Zoom Video Communications (ZM).

Beyond Meat Inc. stock skyrocketed Thursday in the best-performing public offering by a major U.S. company in almost two decades. Shares of the plant-based meat maker — which priced its IPO at $25 a share Wednesday evening — started trading at $46 a share shortly after noon on the Nasdaq, and surged to $65.75 by the end of the session, for a gain of 163%. Prices hit almost $73 a share at their intraday peak. Shares were up another 4% after hours.

Impossible Foods, the alternative meat company that makes the Impossible Burger, announced today that it has raised an additional $300 million to take plant-based meat mainstream. The new round of funding was first reported by Reuters. It’s a big fundraising haul, one that reflects the intense investor demand right now for alternatives to conventional meat. The new round of funding values the company at $2 billion, insiders told Reuters.

The Impossible Whopper is now available in four cities. Burger King is now selling the meatless, plant-based burger patty at some restaurants in Miami; Columbus, Georgia; and Montgomery, Alabama; the burger chain announced on Tuesday.

Tim Hortons is testing a new line of breakfast sandwiches and wraps using sausage substitutes produced by Beyond Meat Inc., the popular California producer of meatless hamburger and sausage patties.

We tried the plant-based meat in a breakfast sandwich and siu mai.

Shares of Beyond Meat jumped 8% in morning trading Tuesday after the company said it has signed a deal to start producing its plant-based meat substitutes in Europe next year. Beyond’s stock, which has a market value of $5 billion, has surged 241% since it went public at the beginning of May. The company has expanded its partnership with Zandbergen World’s Finest Meat to make its vegan meat alternatives in the Netherlands at a new manufacturing facility.

2019 has been an incredible year for a niche industry: alternative meats. First, Impossible Foods, a leading creator of plant-based meatlike burgers, announced the Impossible Burger 2.0, an improved recipe over previous meat substitutes that tastes, well, a lot meatier. In April, Burger King announced the launch of the Impossible Whopper, Qdoba said it would make Impossible Meat bowls and tacos available at all of its US locations, and Del Taco announced it would offer Beyond Meat’s beef alternative.

McDonald's boss Steve Easterbrook said the U.S. firm is considering bringing in a plant-based burger at a time when its competitors are cashing in on the dietary trend (stock photo).

Better understanding agriculture and the food system's unique place in climate change -- as both drivers of climate change and victims of it -- is helping to increase support for climate action. Unfortunately, progress across the food system is lagging, according to a new analysis.

Beyond Meat is the supreme first-mover in the plant-based burger market. It’s appealing to both vegetarians and meat-eaters.

Meatless burgers are popping up on more fast-food menus, leading to product shortages. The two main suppliers, Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, have struggled to fill demand and expand production.

No longer at the food fringes, plant-based meats are selling well in supermarkets and emerging as a hot commodity for fast food chains, industrial food companies and Wall Street investors. JPMorgan Chase has estimated the market for plant-based meat could easily top $100 billion in 15 years.

Starting this week, Beyond Meat is selling a new “meatier” version of its Beyond Burger that the company says is a source of complete protein and both looks and tastes more like real meat. The new burger uses a combination of coconut oil and cocoa to imitate the look and taste of “marbling,” the white, fatty specks you get in meat that contribute to its rich flavor. The burger also new uses apple extract so that it browns more as it’s cooking.

When it comes to catering for vegans, LEON has long been ahead of the game. But the healthy fast food chain has upped the ante with its latest plant-based additions, which include nuggets and soft-serve ice cream.

First stop burgers, next stop cheese.

Consultants say 60% will be grown in vats or plant-based products that taste like meat

While many types of veggie burgers are made with thought and care, most come out like a weirdly textured, flavorless puck that tastes like anything but real meat. But one company has done what used to seem like the impossible: create an entirely plant-based burger that could probably fool most carnivores. Appropriately called the "Impossible Burger," the beefy, but beef-free creation is available at chef David Chang's New York City restaurant Nishi.

The United States' largest meat processor is investing money in a company that makes artificial meat products from vegetables. Tyson Foods has announced that it is spending an undisclosed amount to acquire a 5 percent stake in Beyond Meat, the company behind the Beyond Burger — a fully vegan product that supposedly "bleeds" like a real beef burger. The deal is one of the first major investments by a major player in the meat industry into plant-based proteins, and seems to mark an increase in quality of meat replacement and alternative products.

Vertical farms, food trucks, tropical forests and the supermarket of the future are on display at Expo 2015 in Milan. Exhibits from 145 countries focus on how to feed the planet sustainably.

Food 3D printing is exciting stuff! 3D Printing Industry gives a run down of 11 food 3D printing endeavors out in the world today.