EUR 477 million for investments in meat substitutes in the European Union

The European Union and national governments have allocated over EUR 477 million to support the production of plant protein to replace meat and research into laboratory-grown meat, the so-called cellular meat, as reported by the Polish Meat Association, citing a report prepared by the Good Food Institute (GFI), an international non-profit organization promoting a sustainable food system. "The report shows that in 2022, European governments spent EUR 370 million to support the production of more efficient ways of producing meat, seafood, egg and dairy substitutes," ZPM reports. Two European countries are world leaders in investing in meat substitutes The association emphasizes that government investments in this sector doubled last year, but two European countries broke world records. Projects on plant-based meat substitutes, cellular meat and fermentation There are many more examples of financing projects involving plant-based meat substitutes. According to ZPM, the European Union ...