The progress of plant food replacing meat is amazing!
Recently, at the "Quality Food Conference" held in San Francisco, the organizer of the event, Bruce Frederick, director of the American Quality Food Research Institute, said that the new generation of vegetarian products has re-injected vitality into the food and catering industry, and plant foods The "progress of replacing meat products is amazing!" Represented by products such as beef-free burgers, egg-free omelets and milk-free ice cream, alternatives to meat and dairy products are leaping to the top of the menu, and producers are actively facing the challenges of becoming mainstream, foreign media said. At present, fast food giant Burger King has launched the "impossible castle without meat (using plant meat)"; McDonald's has cooperated with Nestle to launch its own plant-based burger. In addition, Tyson Foods, headquartered in Arkansas, USA, has targeted the use of seaweed and soy protein to make crab and lobster substitutes by acquiring a stake in New Wave Foods. Kroger, the second largest supermarket chain in the United States, is about to launch a new "meat-free" product line, including hamburgers and Bologna tomato bolognese. In short, although the industry is still in its infancy in the United States, accounting for less than 1% of the traditional meat industry, the growth potential looks quite strong. Regarding the future development of plant-based meat, at the "Quality Food Conference", Frederick said that what consumers want is the taste and texture of meat. Plant-based meat is only nutritious, and insufficient taste experience is not enough; therefore, Changing the manufacturing process is an effective way to increase consumption. Delegates also attributed the recent success of "plant meat" to new technologies that can produce texture and taste closer to real meat, such as the use of 3D printing technology, pea protein and seaweed and other plant ingredients to create alternative steak and chicken breast meat, its texture is said to be comparable to real meat.
2019-10-13
