Due to issues with meat processing [
1 2 3], alt meat is getting some attention. Meat might also be pricier in the future if better practices and environmental costs are factored in by green regulations [
4 5]. With alt-meat, one could get the chew, taste & protein of meat, without the meat. Sample startups [
6 7 8]:
- Pepsi Baicaowei - Plant-based smoked sausages
- Daiz - Use germinated beans for natural, meaty umami
- Just - Modular egg made from mung beans and turmeric
- Karana - Alt meat from the stringy texture of jackfruit
- ZeroMeat - Ham, sausages, patties and cheese from soy
- Greenwise - Fillets and cold cuts from soy, gluten & olive oil
- Tempeh - Protein blocks from beans, legumes, nuts, grains, seeds
- MushLabs - Alt meat from fermentation of shrooms & sidestreams
- MM - Hot dogs from carrot, onion, sunflower seeds, red seadweed
- Vegetari - Crunchy fried shitake mushrooms and seaweed crisps
- Seamore - Bacon from seaweed
- MeatlessFarm - Alt meat from plants grown in farms
- Plantcraft - Pepperoni from bananas, linseed, peas, herbs & spices
- CheeseQueen - Cheese from fermented cashew nuts
- MeetJack - Rendang from jackfruit chunks
