Following the acquisition of Meatless B.V. earlier this year, BENEO is using this year’s Fi Europe exhibition to announce the next step in its plant-based protein strategy. Foreseen for the second quarter of 2023, the ingredient manufacturer will expand its portfolio with its first-ever semi-finished product: plant-based chicken chunks. With a unique recipe and highly efficient patented process technology, BENEO offers manufacturers a scalable and effective way to tap into the plant-based trend with the most authentic chicken imitation products.
Insites Consulting conducted an online quantitative survey in July 2021 in Spain, France, Germany, Poland, UK, US, Brazil, Australia, China and Russia with a ratio of 1000 consumers/country, equaling 11,990 consumers in total. According to the BENEO Global Plant-Based Survey 2021, nearly 1 in 2 consumers across the globe are now interested in plant-based foods and beverages. According to Euromonitor International, in Europe, the market for plant-based fish and meat substitutes is worth 3 billion Euro and is expected to grow by 14 percent CAGR over the next five years (globally: approx. 10 percent CAGR; extracted on 4/11/2022 EUR mn, fixed 2022 prices; CAGR: 2022-2027). This new solution from BENEO enables manufacturers to meet the rising consumer demand for alternative meat products while providing manufacturers with easy-to-process, semi-finished products.