Throughout most of 2017 the food and beverage industry feasted on the momentum and innovation surrounding plant-based proteins. It was clear that increased consumer focus on vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets was influencing trends industrywide. But if 2017 was the year of plant-proteins, market research firm Packaged Facts predicts that 2018 will be the year animal-based protein makes a push to reclaim space on America's center plate. Packaged Facts covers the market for animal-protein trends in Protein and Center Plate: Culinary Trend Tracking Series, a new report featuring more than a dozen areas of meat innovation.
Spurring the renewed focus on animal protein is increased creativity and novel approaches from food marketers and culinary visionaries.