Ingredient Technology Grows to Match Demand for Plant-Based Foods, Flexitarian Diets
Flex Time: More consumers are concerned about health, the environment and/or animal welfare practices.
For so much discussion about plant-based foods, one might think all consumers have turned to vegan or vegetarian diets. Yet that’s not what’s happening.
What is happening is that more consumers are concerned about health, the environment and/or animal welfare practices. And for one or more of these reasons, eaters are consciously embracing a more “flexitarian” diet—a plan where they’re opting to skip meat at one or more daily meals.