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Trend predictors have forecasted that 2024 will be the most vegan year yet \u2013 as in, more people will become vegan next year than in any other year in history. This is pretty big news, especially when combined with other predictions<\/a> such as that a quarter of consumers in the UK will be meat free by 2025. While we don\u2019t have such detailed forecasting in South Africa, we can assume that we will follow global trends, and see a decrease in animal consumption over the next few years. Local court cases<\/a> between alternative protein companies and the red meat industry indicate that the latter industry is certainly worried.<\/p>\n Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the impact of their food choices. \u2013 Caitlin Kennedy <\/p><\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Body %912%93″ _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Intensive animal husbandry has been fairly conclusively shown to be harmful to animals, detrimental to the environment and not sustainable<\/a>. Many consumers also question the health benefits of eating animal protein, especially when the animals were raised in a factory farm environment. For these reasons, many are opting to either cut down on their meat consumption, follow \u201cflexitarian\u201d diets, or opt to go fully vegetarian<\/a> or vegan<\/a>. The net result is that there are a whole lot more people looking for alternatives to meat, poultry, seafood<\/a>, eggs and dairy.<\/p>\n Many people are opting to cut down on their meat consumption, follow \u201cflexitarian\u201d diets, or go fully vegetarian or vegan. As a result, a whole lot more people are looking for alternatives to meat, poultry, seafood, eggs and dairy. \u2013 Cailtin<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Body %913%93″ _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The question then is, what will all these hungry meat-free consumers be eating? While laboratory grown meats that remove many ethical concerns around animal proteins may be in our future, we are not quite there yet. So, the current options are down to either more plants, or imitation products.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A post shared by Impossible Foods (@impossible_foods)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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