Plant-Based Business News

When food trends happen, it's easy to say: No, not me. I'll stick to my Original Triscuits, even if they make one that's better for me and the planet. Even if you are a creature of habit, you still should care about food trends because eventually, you will bend to the winds of change. ...

Chefs Chad and Derek Sarno just announced a corporate family reunion. This week, the two brothers (and founders of their own plant-based companies) revealed that UK-based Wicked Kitchen would be reeling in vegan seafood company Good Catch in an acquisition that will create a larger plant-based food company devoted to protecting the planet and making plant-based foods "for all to enjoy."

The plant-based food market continues to grow and has outpaced sales of other food categories in recent years. The Good Food Institute (GFI) released a report that sales of plant-based food hit $7.4 billion this year, growing by 54 percent since 2018 while the total food market only increased sales by 2 percent over the same period. The c...

With a major influx of vegan brands and established food companies developing new plant-based products, the number of choices on the shelf is already overwhelming. Natural Products Expo West 2022, the largest annual show of its kind, is where brands come from around the world to debut new and upcoming products and give away tons of samples for retail buyers, journalists. This past wee...

For years, pre-made vegan meals that were healthy and delivered to your doorstep remained elusive, which is why Nicole Centeno started Splendid Spoon back in 2013, to give people the chance to eat healthy, plant-based meals at home. Now as Splendid Sp...

TiNDLE, the newest entry into the vegan chicken market, is set to launch this week, after much anticipation and an unprecedented amount of pre-market funding. The company raised over $100 million, even before the first bite had been sold to the American public...

The time to invest in the future is now. At least that's what the founders of a new fund for plant-based and sustainable companies are betting on. A company called VegTech Invest just announced that it will be offering its first global ETF  (which stands for exchange-traded fund) of publically-traded plant-based companies entitled VegTech Plant-Based Innovation & Climate ETF with the ticker EA

We ended 2020 wanting Covid to just be over and betting on plant-based chicken. Now, with so much plant-based chicken everywhere, we finish up 2021 still wanting Covid to be over – and a whole new set of exciting plant-based food options on the horizon. Here are ...

The cultured meat market just reached another milestone as Israel-based Future Meat Technologies (FMT) closes the biggest funding round in industry history. The food tech company revealed that it secured $347 million during its Series B funding round, signifying rapid acceptance and growth within the alternative protein sector. ...

This year can’t end fast enough, as far as many people are concerned, but the exception is the plant-based food industry, which took big leaps forward in 2021, specifically in food tech innovations, new product development, and the sheer numbers of people eating more vegan foods. Over T...