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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “plant-based foods”
On this 4th of July holiday weekend, there will be many hamburgers, beef hot dogs and a few steaks going on the grill. But, while shoppers are finding more plant-based meat alternatives in supermarkets, Gary Crawford reports some wonder if those products are causing us to eat less beef.
Retail sales of plant-based foods jumped 20 percent over the past year. The Plant-Based Foods Association says new data shows sales of plant-based foods topped $3.3 billion, with milk alternatives generating $1.5 billion of total plant-based sales. Other dairy alternatives, such as plant-based products imitating yogurt, cheeses and ice cream, accounted for $727 million in sales, up 19.8 percent from …
The use and popularity of plant-based foods are increasing, but that doesn’t mean a change in course for the world population. A recent survey by the restaurant food delivery service GrubHub reported that vegan orders have increased in popularity by 19 percent in 2017. However, the number of vegan or vegetarian consumers has remained around five percent of the world’s …
