Germany: Vegan foods production increased by more than a third in 2020 compared to previous year

05/14/2021 | 11:39:00 | ID: 30210 | Department: Agriculture | Agrarwirtschaft Wiesbaden (agrar-PR) - sausage or tofu sausage, neck steak or seitan schnitzel? Apparently, more and more consumers are answering this question in favor of the vegetarian or vegan alternative. In 2020, companies in this country produced almost 39% more meat substitute products compared to the previous year: production rose from almost 60.4 thousand tons to a good 83.7 thousand tons as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The value of these products increased in the same period from 272.8 million euros to 374.9 million euros (+37%). This data has only been collected since 2019, so a comparison with the previous year is now possible for the first time.Value of meat produced a hundred times as high as that of meat substitute productsDespite this increase, the value of meat substitute products is relatively low compared to meat products. The value of meat and meat products produced in ...