PLANT-BASED MEAT ALTERNATIVES MARKET IN INDIA
February 1st, 2022
India’s 1.3 billion population with an average age of 29, has been witnessing steady growth in meat consumption. According to an OECD report, India consumed six million tonnes of meat in 2020 (4.6kg per person). Nearly half the population now consumes non-vegetarian meals once a week in India.
However, given India’s vegetarian traditions – 30% of the country is vegetarian according to the National Family Health Survey India (NFHS) – it is maybe not surprising that this taste for meat is also expanding the country’s vegetable-based meat product ...
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