Alternative Protein

Taste, perception and price are the keys to cracking the code for plant-based products to soar into customers' baskets en masse.

Researchers find the "super-leverage points" of EVs, plant-based proteins and green ammonia could drive a global net-zero ripple effect.

A roundup of second-quarter developments among startups in the food and agriculture industry.

As more alternative protein companies make their way onto supermarket shelves and restaurant menus, their business models and impact promises face increasing criticism.

The Israeli cellular agriculture startup aims to help the diary and infant formula industries feed a growing population more sustainably, with ingredients produced in a lab.

Our analyst tries to get his elementary school kids to eat crickets and mealworms, with some help from chocolate.

The global market for alternative proteins is growing fast and mycoprotein from fermented mushrooms can create meat-free alternatives.

Consumers are increasingly aware of the environmental footprint of their diets, and markets for alternative meat and dairy products have grown rapidly. The SASB Standards Board at the Value Reporting Foundation has initiated a standard-setting project to evaluate how to better reflect these developments.

Cutting down on our consumption of meat has the potential to be a game changer for climate change, but only if it doesn't start a new culture war.

In 2020, alternative protein went from niche to mainstream. In 2021 it might become dominate.