{"id":42902,"date":"2022-01-29T11:38:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T16:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=42902"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:45:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:45:14","slug":"infographic-most-of-us-tries-plant-food-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=42902","title":{"rendered":"Infographic – Most of US Tries Plant Food Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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29 Jan. 2022. For the past two years, Science & Enterprise reported on start-up companies developing plant-based alternatives to animal food sources. This week, the business research company Statista<\/a> posted a chart showing alternative sources for animal food proteins from plants are beginning to gain traction in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The data come from a Statista poll as part of its Global Consumer Survey<\/a> that includes a section on food and nutrition. Statista sampled 1,043 adults in the U.S. in December 2021 asking if they consumed plant-based alternatives to meat, fish, or dairy products in the previous three months. A majority of respondents (58%) said they ate or drank at least one plant-based alternative to meat, fish, or dairy, while 42 percent said they did not.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, those products on the market longer have more consumers. For example, more than a quarter of respondents (28%) consumed milk alternatives, such as from oats or almonds, while 13 percent said they ate plant-based alternatives to fish or seafood, relatively new to the market. Only about two in 10 (22%) say they tried plant-based meat alternatives, although that number may rise as fast-food outlets add them to their menus.<\/p>\n

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