The world continues on its quest for plant-based perfection, and eggs are the latest target. Okay, plant-based eggs substitutes have been available for a while now, mostly made with ingredients like aquafaba and flaxseed. But more recently, companies have been focusing on creating vegan eggs that behave a lot like regular eggs, with the primary ingredients being lentils – mung … [Read more...] about The Emergence Of Plant-Based Eggs
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A Fat Lot of Cultured Goodness
Cultured fat: tuck this phrase away for safekeeping, because it’s going to get big! A bumper crop for plant-based Whatever else happened, 2020 turned out to be a great year for alternative protein. According to data from the Good Food Institute, this sector received investment capital worth €2.6 billion, more than triple the €830 million in 2019. The alternative … [Read more...] about A Fat Lot of Cultured Goodness
How AI is boosting food and drink innovation
Artificial intelligence and food may seem strange bedfellows at first glance, but a number of companies are proving that they get along smashingly. We’re going to take a look at the way different AI is boosting food and drink innovation. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but an indicator that AI is a game-changer for the food industry. Reducing … [Read more...] about How AI is boosting food and drink innovation
Vegan Chocolate Trends: The Great Choc-Off
V(egan) Wars: Vegan Chocolate Trends One of my favorite bits of trivia about Kit Kat is that Japan loves them so much that they have nearly 400 variants of the chocolate bar! Well, add one more to that kitty – a vegan version. Nestlé has just announced that it will be launching Kit Kat V, initially in the UK and later in other countries where the company owns the … [Read more...] about Vegan Chocolate Trends: The Great Choc-Off
Gluten-Free Trends For 2021 & Beyond
2021 is already looking up and gluten-free trends have been on the rise mostly due to an increased demand in consumer interest. Seven years ago, someone started a petition on Change.org asking Nabisco to make gluten-free Oreos, and now it looks like their wish has come true. The world’s best-known cookie has finally launched its gluten-free variants and by most initial … [Read more...] about Gluten-Free Trends For 2021 & Beyond
Lab-Grown Food: The Ultimate Guide
Lab-grown food, once relegated to the space of science fiction, has now become a very real and feasible part of the future of food production and consumption. Lab-to-fork Has Arrived The pandemic has made all of us rethink our food choices, especially when it comes to meat consumption. According to Spoonshot, interest in meat consumption has dropped by 50% in the last … [Read more...] about Lab-Grown Food: The Ultimate Guide
Talking Turkey
It’s that time of the year again when our thoughts start to turn to turkey. My thoughts specifically turn to why Whole Foods is intent on getting people to ruin their dinner. The retailer recently announced that people who “commit a turkey cooking fail” can be thankful – because they might be eligible for turkey insurance, i.e., a $35 gift card. Consumers will need to provide … [Read more...] about Talking Turkey
OMG! There’s an alternative to GMOs
I’m going to let you in on a dirty little secret: I’m pretty ambivalent on GMOs. There are days I think they ought to be banned, and then there are days when I think they may be the solution to world hunger. I bring up GMOs for a couple of reasons. One, October is non-GMO month and you’ve probably seen indications of this in your local supermarket (or online store, more … [Read more...] about OMG! There’s an alternative to GMOs
6 Product Launches With Upcycled Food Ingredients
The joys of TikTok are manifold, as those of you lucky enough to still have access to that wondrous time gobbler, will no doubt agree with. But once in a while, there pops up a fairly cringe-worthy and heartbreaking trend that you can’t ignore and that just makes you wonder what is wrong with the world (other than the obvious, of course). Throwing perfectly good food into the … [Read more...] about 6 Product Launches With Upcycled Food Ingredients
The latest in portmanteau diets – the Ketotarian diet
The growing mainstream popularity of ketogenic diets over the last few years can be attributed to two major changes in consumer opinions: Carbohydrates are the devil’s food Fats are no longer the devil’s food Thanks to this, many on the quest for weight loss found their holy grail – eat the good stuff and still manage to lose those pounds. Keto diets rely on the body … [Read more...] about The latest in portmanteau diets – the Ketotarian diet