A little flexibility isn’t a bad thing. With all of the food options available today, it turns out consumers don’t want to have to choose between only eating meat or a plant-based diet. Blended meat options — real meat combined with vegetables or plant-based proteins — offer a compromise.
Formulated products are the perfect vehicle for these new protein hybrids. Perdue’s Chicken Plus dinosaur-shaped nuggets, for example, combine white chicken breast with vegetables (cauliflower, chickpeas and plant protein).