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2025 Food Megatrends Point to Growth and Innovation for Plant-Based Food

The plant-based and vegan sectors are at the heart of a food revolution driven by sustainability, health, and technological innovation. DigitalFoodLab’s Trends Shaping the Future of Food – 2025 report outlines six megatrends, three of which are particularly significant for the plant-based industry: sustainable ingredients, resilient farms, and food as medicine. These trends highlight how startups, investments, and emerging technologies are advancing solutions to global challenges while creating opportunities for the plant-based sector to expand its influence. Sustainable ingredients The sustainable ingredients space has moved beyond just meat and dairy alternatives, focusing on holistic solutions to climate and health challenges. Plant-based products are regaining momentum, with startups addressing key barriers such as taste, texture, and cost. Companies like Juicy Marbles are creating innovative whole-cut meat …

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Analysis Identifies Three Key “Beacons of Hope” for the Plant-Based Market

An analysis by DigitalFoodLab, a France-based foodtech strategy consultancy working with brands, retailers and B2B players, has identified some key “beacons of hope” for the plant-based market, in the form of three categories that are seeing increasing interest and have raised significant sums of funding. Speaking to vegconomist today, Matthieu Vincent, Partner at DigitalFoodLab, expresses his certainty for the future: “We are extremely confident in the future of this industry in the long term,” he states. Whole cuts For many years, plant-based food manufacturers have focused mainly on products such as burgers and nuggets, due to the difficulty of replicating the texture of larger pieces of meat. However, most conventional meat products purchased are whole cuts, meaning that plant-based products have struggled to meet demand. …

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