Consumer Trends & Insights

Almost 30% of the world’s biggest food retailers and producers are now pivoting to alternative protein, a new report finds.
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New data shows record-breaking funding pouring into the alternative seafood sector, amid growing concerns over the environmental and human rights impact of the seafood industry. In the first half of 2021 alone, companies developing…
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Amid the pandemic-driven global awareness over health, sustainability and wellness, Asia’s leading regional tradeshow, Natural and Organic Asia (NOA), is returning to Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre for the eighth…
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Shoppers in China are turning away from traditional leather and are instead eyeing novel “next-gen” animal-free leather alternatives. In a new consumer poll, 90% of urban Chinese consumers said they prefer leather alternatives over their…
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E-commerce isn’t going anywhere, but online shoppers are becoming aware of the footprint of their deliveries and want sustainable options.
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A new meat industry-funded survey claims that Australian consumers are being “duped” by plant-based meat products. How true is this?
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Millennials in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are buying secondhand because they want to be more sustainable, according to a Carousell report.
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High-end coffee chain Blue Bottle has just made oatmilk the "default option" in two of its U.S. locations as part of a trial.
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One in five Americans' diets are completely different than five years ago, with data citing a rise in consumers who are “vegan-curious”.
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Health and food security concerns will be among the top drivers of the plant-based protein shift in key Asian economies, a new report finds.
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A new investigation by the Guardian and the Food & Water Watch reveals the monopoly big food corporations have on our grocery baskets.
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The vegan dating app Grazer says its friend-finding feature is outperforming the Bumble app in community building.
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Consumers are considering sustainability more than ever before when it comes to their food and drink purchases, a new poll has found.
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Nearly half of China's consumers want to shop healthier but price and information access are proving to be barriers.
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A new report on the alternative protein market in China says firms should target the country's 700 million young consumers.
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As many as half of food delivery platform users are now purchasing vegan products, trend experts from Deliveroo and Instacart say.
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Within the next five years, the secondhand apparel market in the U.S. is expected to reach US$77 billion, says a new report.
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More than 7 in 10 consumers are willing to try and buy novel animal-free cheese products, a new consumer acceptance study has found. These products are made from precision fermentation, which allows the replication of real dairy proteins…
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Cultivated meat could balloon to a US$25 billion global industry by the end of the decade, predicts a new report by analysts at McKinsey & Co. The report estimates the trajectory that the cell-based protein industry will take in the…
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Natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market, known for its yearly trend lists, has revealed its first-ever exclusively plant-based predictions with nut-based cheese alternatives, fish substitutes made from banana blossoms and…
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In a new report on the investment case for a sustainable food system, analysts say that the plant-based food transition is “inevitable” and will bring about new opportunities for investors and businesses across the food supply chain.…
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