2020's Biggest Food Trends: How Many Did You Try?

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Plant-Based Meats

Perhaps one of the better food trends to come out of 2020 is the shift in people's eating habits, which included reduced consumption of animal products and a huge rise in demand for plant-based meats. This was partly due to increased awareness of problems surrounding animal agriculture, as well as uncertainty related to Covid contaminations in the meat packing industry.

Most notably, there was the exponential growth of Impossible Foods, a plant-based meat substitute company which gained notoriety in 2016 for its "Impossible Burger." It was later introduced as an option at major fast food chains, including White Castle, Burger King and Starbucks. To give you some perspective: at the start of the year, Impossible food products were sold at about 150 grocery stores; in September, the company announced its products were available in more than 11,000 supermarkets across the country. Seems like the plant-based meat revolution has only just begun.