Plant-based meat products have a small but growing market

Alongside plant-based alternatives, lab-grown meat and insect-based products are also being developed
Plant-based meat products have a small but growing market

Plant-based alternatives to meat could grow faster than the total meat market.

Plant-based alternatives to meat remain at less than 1% of the global meat market, according to a major "Meat protein alternatives" report by the OECD.

Most reports from consulting firms predict that the alternative meat market will be almost entirely plant-based until 2030, says the report for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the intergovernmental body founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.

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