From KFC To Taco Bell, These Are Our Top 22 Vegan News Stories Of 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, we’re thinking about all the big vegan headlines of the year—and there were plenty. Overall, we can confidently say that this year was one filled with plant-based innovation.
From KFC To Taco Bell, These Are Our Top 22 Vegan News Stories Of 2022
From lupini beans as a base for dairy-free ice cream to watermelon seeds as a key ingredient for vegan cottage cheese to precision fermentation-made mozzarella, it is clear that the future of dairy does not lie in milking cows.
From KFC To Taco Bell, These Are Our Top 22 Vegan News Stories Of 2022
If years past were dominated by vegan burgers, 2022 was all about new plant-based chicken, both in stores and at places like KFC, Panda Express, and other fast-food chains.
From KFC To Taco Bell, These Are Our Top 22 Vegan News Stories Of 2022
Burger King
From KFC To Taco Bell, These Are Our Top 22 Vegan News Stories Of 2022
Speaking of fast food, Burger King spent the year exploring the future of food with vegan pop-ups across the globe. In 2022, the international chain toyed with flipping the script by making plant-based meat the new normal, with animal meat available by request.
From KFC To Taco Bell, These Are Our Top 22 Vegan News Stories Of 2022
And market research experts at Research and Markets are predicting that advancements in the vegan food world will continue to grow in the coming years. According to its November report, the global vegan food market is slated to grow by nearly $1 billion in 2022—up from $13.55 billion in 2021. By 2026, the research firm places the market at $18.73 billion.
From KFC To Taco Bell, These Are Our Top 22 Vegan News Stories Of 2022
Top 22 vegan news headlines of 2022
But before we set our sights on what the vegan future may hold, we’re taking a second look at the milestones that defined vegan news in 2022.
1 Vegan chicken arrives at KFC
Back in January, Beyond Meat’s vegan chicken hit KFC’s 4,000 stores for a limited time and we were eating it up.
KFC
Here’s to hoping KFC revives Beyond Fried Chicken as a permanent option—maybe with a few new vegan dipping sauces?—in 2023.
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2 Animal-free mozzarella cheese targets pizza shops
2023 can’t come fast enough for pizza lovers. That’s because next year is when New Culture promises to put its vegan mozzarella cheese—made dairy-identical with the power of precision fermentation—on pizzeria menus nationwide.
New Culture
And it’s not all talk at New Culture as the company is backed by agri-business giant ADM and $23 billion Korean conglomerate CJ CheilJedang, a major player in…