Veggie burger firm Dr Praeger’s joins fake meat rage with ‘Perfect Burger’
Dr. Praeger’s, known for making veggie burgers that taste like veggie burgers, is expanding into fake meat.
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Beyond Meat is sizzling hot as more consumers go meatless
Beyond Meat, the plant-based protein company, is on fire. But that wasn’t always the case.
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44 investors back NC plant-diet startup with $6.8M (+ watch video)
PlantPure Inc., a plant-based health and wellness company, has raised $6.8 million by selling equity, according to a securities filing.
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A meatless Big Mac? McDonald’s unveils ‘Big Vegan TS’ in Germany
McDonald’s is inching closer to getting fully on board the meatless burger bandwagon with a new version in one of its biggest international markets.
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Me, too: Tyson Foods to join plant-based protein craze with meat substitute
How big is the plant-based protein craze? Tyson Foods, one of the world’s largest poultry, beef and pork producers, plans to start selling a meat substitute this summer.
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How do you like your burger? The meatless revolution is just beginning
The plant-based protein trend is growing more rapidly than most people anticipated. Why? Here’s an update.
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Increasing nighttime warmth is hurting food plant yields, NC scientists say
Increasing warmth at night has a dramatic, negative effect on plants. We’ve got the details.
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Mamma mia! Ikea developing new plant-protein based meatball
Ikea is jumping on the plant-based protein trend. The furniture retailer known for its Swedish meatballs is working on a new version of the food that “looks and tastes like meat but is made from plant based alternative proteins.”
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Beyond Meat, a pure-play maker of vegan ‘meat,’ stock sizzles in IPO – up 163%
Beyond Meat, a maker of plant-based burgers and sausages, made its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange Thursday. It’s the first pure-play maker of vegan “meat” to go public, according to Renaissance Capital, which researches and tracks IPOs.
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