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Given their innumerable medical benefits, especially for mental health, processed fruits and vegetables have now secured a prominent position in the global food and nutrition industry.

Nearly every industry is full of acronyms. LEED, USGBC, IMP, SIP, ICF, AIA, BIM, CAD, P.E. and ASHRAE are the construction-related acronyms I was able to prattle off without really thinking about it. But keeping straight what they stood for when I first started out took a little bit more time, let alone understanding which was which.

For our coverage of Fabulous Food Plants this year, we decided to do something a little bit different in honor of “plants,” aka flora. When we think of food plants, we almost immediately think of processing facilities, but there’s so much more to food production than the processing plant. So, seeing how plant-based foods are altering the ways consumers think about protein, we decided to alter the way we think about food plants.

There’s no doubt that the plant-based alternative-protein market is growing. While profitability varies from producer to producer, as a whole the market is growing. Markets and Markets says in one report that the global plant-based meat market is projected to increase from $4.3 billion in 2020 to $8.3 billion in 2025, growing at a CAGR of 14.0%.

Soy protein ingredients remain in heightened demand in three specific business sectors to due nutritional value, supply-chain stability and protein value.

Be prepared for food safety interruptions and ensure you have a well-documented contingency plan.

This shrimp farming technique saves the ocean and other fish species.

The company is introducing a new line of plant-based cubed cheeses in New York with plans of further expansion to commercial retail stores in the U.S.

The company has released a new ready-to-eat plant-based protein bar to satisfy confectionary and health and wellness consumer bases.

The rapidly expanding worldwide population along with reduced nutrition awareness will increase the preference for natural food ingredients.