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Plant-Based Meat Market Report: Consumer Acceptance, Ingredients, and Competitive Strategy in Alt-Protein (2025?2030)
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Published Date: June, 2024
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Report ID: Trend06112542
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Format: Electronic (PDF)
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Number of Pages: 51
Report Overview
The plant-based meat sector is currently navigating its most critical inflection point, moving away from early-stage curiosity toward long-term industrial maturity. Between 2025 and 2030, the market is shedding its imitation label and focusing on culinary excellence to capture the flexitarian demographic. This report explores how the industry is addressing the primary barriers to mass adoption: taste, texture, and the perceived ultra-processed nature of first-generation products. We analyze the shift toward clean-label formulations that use fewer ingredients like fermented fungi and pea protein isolates. The narrative details the rise of hybrid proteins, which combine plant-based bases with cultivated fats to achieve a sensory experience indistinguishable from animal meat. We also investigate the strategic expansion of alt-protein into the QSR sector, where high-volume adoption is driving the economies of scale necessary to reach price parity. Geographically, the report highlights the growth in the Asia-Pacific region, where localized products like plant-based dumplings are outpacing Western-style burgers.
Table of Contents
1. Post-Hype Reality; 2. Consumer Acceptance; 3. Next-Gen Ingredients; 4. Price Parity; 5. Retail vs Foodservice.