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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.
BREAKING: Meat enhanced with plant proteins outperforms conventional version in A*STAR study
To objectively measure whether or not the newest crop of products that combine animal meat and high-quality plant proteins were close to reaching taste parity with their conventional counterparts, GFI APAC partnered with NECTAR and commissioned A*STAR's SIFBI to conduct Asia’s first independent, large-scale blind taste test.
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.
Explore the 2024 State of the Industry reports
Our State of the Industry reports are an annual deep dive into the global alt protein sector. The latest edition of the series compiles business developments, policy updates, and scientific breakthroughs from 2024 that are advancing the field and shaping a world where alternative proteins are no longer alternative.
Decoding Demand: The appetite for alternative proteins in Southeast Asia
This report explores the behaviours and attitudes of consumers in Southeast Asia regarding both plant-based and conventional meat. It seeks to uncover the factors driving and hindering the adoption of plant-based meat, while also identifying high- and low-interest market segments in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
2023 APAC State of the Industry Report
Our inaugural report on the alternative proteins sector in APAC with a deep-dive into public and private funding, the R&D ecosystem, and sector progress from ideation to product commercialisation and market growth.
New research reveals what Asian consumers crave in alternative seafood
Seafood can now be made from plants and cultivated directly from animal cells—but will consumers bite?
What do Asian consumers crave in alternative seafood?
First-of-its-kind survey shows what would motivate consumers in Singapore, Thailand, Japan, and South Korea to leave fish in the sea and choose plant-based or cultivated seafood instead.