Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat unveils the Beyond Burger 3.0 with likeability scoring ‘on-par with 80/20 ground beef burgers’

27-Apr-2021 By Elaine Watson

The next iteration of the Beyond Burger - featuring 35% less saturated fat and 75% more iron than 80/20 beef burgers, a comparable level of B vitamins, and a meatier flavor – will hit grocery stores next week and restaurants in June, with a leaner version...

Beyond Meat secures McDonald’s supply deal as the first McPlant burgers roll out in Europe

26-Feb-2021 By Flora Southey

Beyond Meat has secured a three-year supply agreement with McDonald’s for the fast-food restaurant’s McPlant burger. Market tests have already begun in Europe.

Impossible Foods hits back at ‘disingenuous, desperate disinformation campaign’ as Lightlife attacks ‘hyperprocessed’ ingredients

26-Aug-2020 By Elaine Watson

In an open letter slammed by Impossible Foods as cynical and disingenuous and dismissed by one commentator as a “PR stunt,” Lightlife Foods has attempted to distinguish itself from ‘food tech’ rivals in the plant-based meat arena by positioning itself...

Study: Plant-based meat alternatives improve cardiovascular risk factors compared with animal meat

13-Aug-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Adults who swapped out animal protein for plant-based protein saw lower levels of LDL cholesterol, moderate weight loss, and similar sodium intake and blood pressure levels (compared to animal protein consumption) after eight weeks, revealed a two-phase...

Beyond Meat expects to begin European production at end of 2020 after Dutch expansion

11-Jun-2020 By Oliver Morrison

US plant-based meat specialist Beyond Meat expects to begin European production by the end of 2020 after opening a new plant in Zoeterwoude and acquiring a further site in Enschede.

Roquette ‘significantly increases’ pea protein supply deal with Beyond Meat

16-Jan-2020 By Flora Southey

Ingredients specialist Roquette has extended its pea protein supply agreement with Beyond Meat for three more years. The amount supplied will ‘significantly’ increase compared to 2019 figures, Roquette executive Jean-Philippe Azoulay tells FoodNavigator.

Beyond Meat flexes its European muscle

29-May-2019 By Oliver Morrison

Beyond Meat will start making its plant-based meat substitutes in Europe next year, marking its first production plant outside of the US, and has also announced a deal with German discount supermarket Lidl.