Research and publications
Explore the 2026 State of the Industry reports
The State of the Industry report series is GFI's annual deep dive into the rapidly evolving alternative protein landscape, across the cultivated, plant-based, and fermentation sectors. The latest edition of this flagship series provides a global overview of industry progress, synthesising company landscapes and product trends, sales data, scientific advancements, and public investment and regulatory updates that are helping shape a more secure, sustainable, and just food system.
Enhancing Meat with Plant Proteins: A Sensory Analysis in APAC
Dive into highly anticipated results from Asia’s first sensory study of products that combine conventional animal proteins with high-quality plant proteins, and discover the strategic opportunity the category presents for the food industry.
Advancing Nutrition in Alternative Proteins: The Role of Food Technologies
This joint report by The Good Food Institute APAC and Altruistic Innovations explores the landscape of food technologies used in plant-based meat and mycoprotein-based products, with a focus on how innovative processing and formulation strategies can enhance nutritional outcomes. Using published research, product claims, and technical disclosures, the report utilises a scoring matrix to evaluate how each strategy improves digestibility, completeness, bioavailability, or functional nutrient delivery, and where further opportunities exist.