2019 was a year of huge milestones in the alternative protein industry: Beyond Meat had a successful IPO, Impossible Foods raised $300 million in funding, and Burger King rolled out the Impossible Whopper nationally. Several of the largest meat companies in the United States launched plant-based or blended product lines, and plant-based food retail sales reached $5 billion.

Read more about the opportunities in this space highlighted in GFI’s new Plant-Based and Cultivated Meat State of the Industry Reports.