plant based food

In 2019, lactose-free milk sales grew twice as fast as plant-based beverages, with lactose-free poised to surpass almond-beverage sales this year. The National Milk Producers Federation recently said lactose-free milk is a prime example of how dairy is addressing per-capita drops in fluid-milk consumption ...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue recently visited "Impossible Foods"; which is famous for making a plant-based beef-alternative sandwich it calls the Impossible Burger.   "This is important in the food sector. The United States Department of Agriculture is in the food business, from the consumer to the producer. And...

A study commissioned by the Plant-Based Foods Association says 76% of survey respondents are in favor of allowing dairy terms on plant-based items, while those self-described as consumers were 97% in favor.   The FDA accepted comments on the issue of labeling non-dairy imitators as dairy items recently.  Na...

The NPD Group, a market research company, says shipments of plant-based proteins to foodservice providers jumped 20% last year. The NPD Group said consumers are seeking out “options they perceive as better for them.”   Every region around the country saw double-digit growth through the year that ended in November of 2018. The most plant-...

New consumer research supported by the dairy industry shows Americans widely disapprove of dairy terms being used by fake-milk producers and confusion on the nutritional content of milk versus plant-based imitators.  The national survey conducted by a global market research and consulting firm, found only 20% of all consumers said plant-based beverages should be labeled milk, as U.S. dietary gui..

By an 84-14 vote, the Senate this week rejected an effort to block the FDA’s Food Standards Enforcement efforts.  The vote comes a week after FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced his department would crack down on the use of milk by plant-based beverages.  Chris Ga...

Retail sales of plant-based foods jumped 20% over the past year.  The Plant-Based Foods Association says new data shows sales of plant-based foods topped $3.3 billion, with milk alternatives generating $1.5 billion of total plant-based sales.  Other d...