According to HAE News, a South Korea-based platform issuing reports on sustainable living, the plant-based market reached a remarkable dynamic after the pandemic had subsided, as an increasing number of global and local companies are entering the “Vegan Zones” of large South Korean supermarket chains.
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Plantbased Industry Triples Over Ten Years in South Korea, One Fifth of the Population Now Reducing Meat
South Korean newspaper The Korea Herald reports that the plant-based meat industry there is beginning to take off. According to the Korea Vegetarian Union, veganism has tripled in the last 10 years, but the real difference in the Korean market is being driven by meat reducers who reportedly now make up almost a fifth of the population.