The McPLant—McDonald’s first meatless burger made in partnership with Beyond Meat—will hit approximately 600 more locations in California and Texas next month. 

This year saw significant rises in consumer prices across all sorts of goods, one of them being food. Amid supply chain complications, labor shortages, and plant closures, meat prices shot up, in some cases to double what they’d been a year prior. Chicken was no exception, with consumers and restaurants paying up to 125 percent more than the typical baseline price.

KFC restaurants nationwide will add Beyond Meat's plant-based chicken to their menus, starting Monday for a limited time.

From London to San Francisco, haute cuisine is joining the food revolution. Michelin-starred chefs explain they’re going meat-free

A boom in plant-based diets means next year’s Veganuary will attract more uptake than ever

It seems that every week in the world of vegan food news is more exciting than the last and this week is no exception. Fast-food chain McDonald’s is one step closer to adding its first meatless burger, the McPlant, to its menu across the United States. In the meantime, fast-food chain Amy’s Drive-Thru—which serves a fully meatless menu—is aiming to open 30 locations by 2027.

Lab-grown meat, or “clean” meat, is meat that is produced by taking a small sample of animal cells and then replicating them outside of an animal. It is set to change the world and will be on supermarket shelves and restaurant tables in the very near future.

MeaTech 3D created the 4oz steak using 3D printing with real bovine cells that mature into muscle and fat

Men’s meaty diets are responsible for 40% more climate-heating emissions than those of women, according to a UK study. The research also found a quarter of diet-related emissions were from “optional” food and drink, such as coffee, alcohol, cakes and sweets. The scientists said policies to encourage sustainable diets should focus on plant-based foods but switching drinks and cutting down on sweet snacks presented further opportunities.

Plant-based meat has gone mainstream. The Impossible Burger, which debuted at a single restaurant five years ago, is now on Burger King’s permanent menu. And McDonald’s is testing its McPlant burger, featuring a Beyond Meat patty, in select US locations. Both plant-based startups are now veterans in a product category that did $1.4 billion in sales and grew 27 percent in 2020.

The list of meat mimics — plant-based, cultured, fungi-based — is mushrooming.

Our growing appetite for novel food tech - from lab grown meat to nano-packaging.

Our plant-based meat is delicious, healthy, and good for you. We use sustainable, and 100% plant-based approach to create an animal-free product.

Some analysts say they cannot determine if plant-based foods are more sustainable than meat because the companies are not transparent about their emissions.

In an Icelandic greenhouse barley is being grown which could help produce meat without animals.

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Fast-food giants might be the last you'd expect to cater to plant-based eaters. Their businesses are centered around the very antithesis of vegan food: animal-based meat and dairy, made fast and made cheap. But over the last few years, fast-food joints have been making a concerted effort to add meat-free, plant-based, and vegan options to their menus. But the people actually opting for those menu items may surprise you.

The power of the fork has never been so profound. As temperatures around the world continue to warm at alarming rates, individuals are asking themselves what lifestyle changes they can make to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

Headlines have overshadowed inconvenient truths about biology and cost. Now, new research suggests the industry may be on a crash course with reality.

Get ready to step up your vegan fry up; black pudding from The Bury Black Pudding Company is launching from September in over 300 Asda stores. The vegan black pudding first launched in 2017 but could only be found online and in independent outlets… until now that is!