Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Food Frontier - Chief Futurist at the Australian Council of Professions
Plant-based meat - State of the Industry 2023 9 months in the making – it’s been a long haul! – and Food Frontier’s State of the Industry 2023 report for plant-based meat is now publicly available. I’m very proud of the members of the fabulous team at Food Frontier, Klara Kalocsay Susie O'Neill Megan Redmond Kathy Cogo, that have pulled this together with contributing economic analysis of the data from Deloitte Access Economics. 85% of the 210 climate scientists and academics surveyed by a team of researchers at the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School - report here: https://lnkd.in/gEgArCRQ - strongly agreed that plant-based analogues are the “best available food” for better health and emission outcomes. So, it’s reassuring to see that, despite enormous headwinds resulting from inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, declining VC investment, and the volume of negative media coverage, the plant-based meat industry is alive and well in Australia. Among the many highlights, a few key takeaways include: · Between 2020 (when Food Frontier published its last SOI report) and 2023, plant-based meat sales increased 47% to a total of $272.5m in FY2023 sales · Sales growth has been driven by increased demand from foodservice, which has grown 59% year-on-year, from $31m in 2020 to $124m in 2023 · In total it represents 9.1% annual growth and a 28% increase of total per capita consumption of plant-based meats since FY2020 · Price parity with conventional meat is edging closer, especially with domestically manufactured products: on average 14.8% cheaper than imported products · The number of domestic manufacturers has more than doubled since 2020, the number of manufacturers exporting their products has similarly increased, and more than 2,200 tonnes of plant-based meat is now produced each year in Australia None of this would have been achieved without the dedication, perseverance, and belief of the champions of the industry who have ridden the storm. A big shout-out to our major industry leaders, Cale Drouin, Tim York, Alejandro Cancino, Diem Fuggersberger, Jan Pacas, Michael Fox, Kristi Knaack Riordan, Michael Ryan, Sean Whitaker, to name just a few amongst the many who have built one of the world’s most resilient plant-based meat industries, along with the major food companies that have continued their support, such as Nestle and Simplot Australia Pty Ltd. The industry has been ably supported by the food service sector and the investment of companies like Compass Group Australia and Foodbuy Australia with enormous potential yet to be realised in the provision of institutional food service. Dave Sparrow Philip Lymbery ProVeg International Sparsha Saha, PhD Jennifer Stojkovic Kobi Regev Alex Devereux Justin Lemmens Marco Bertacca Peter McGuinness Glenn Hurowitz Paul Shapiro The Mushroom Meat Co. Keith Milne Oliver Zahn Eitan Fischer Download your copy of the report here:
A brilliant update and very welcome information.
Thank you Simon and Food Frontiers team members For your efforts to put together this report which is very helpful. The plant based categories will never go away Especially with the cost of living As long as it taste delicious The vegetarian is the biggest categories And focus on health and wellbeing and costs. Always happy to contribute data to FF. Sincerely, Diem
Great work!
Great information.
Looking forward to reading Simon
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3moCongrats on a great report!