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Plant proteins and products built on them: ingredients, formulation, process and commercial launches.
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German plant breeding company KWS has begun selling a pea protein isolate made from a yellow pea variety it selected for food use。
Why it matters: A seed breeder moving into ingredients shows how upstream variety selection can shape pea protein taste and supply traceability.
NECTAR, India Animal Fund and GFI India ran a blind taste test in which 700 meat eaters in Bengaluru and Mumbai rated 26 plant-based meat and egg products across eight categories against animal-based benchmarks. About 60% of participants liked the products and 85% expressed purchase intent, with overall liking scores of 4.3 to 6.0 on a 7-point scale; a plant-based chicken patty and a chicken tikka showed no meaningful difference from their meat equivalents, while eggs, chicken chunks and mutton keema had the most room for improvement. Conventional meat still scored higher on perceived tastiness and protein, and 53% of participants named total protein content the most important label attribute.
Why it matters: Blind taste test of 26 plant-based products in India shows two chicken items reaching meat parity while most categories lag.
Beyond Meat launched the Phytosphere portfolio on September 9, 2026, grouping plant protein powders.
Why it matters: Beyond Meat is expanding from a single plant-based meat line to a plant nutrition portfolio spanning protein powders, snacks, beverages and main dishes, reflecting alternative protein companies' attempts to shift toward nutrition platforms.
Ambrosia Collective has introduced a Planta-branded ready-to-mix protein powder made with Solar Foods' Solein for test marketing in the United States。
Why it matters: Solein's first US consumer product shows how fast a novel protein can move from ingredient to shelf.
THE PACK and MicroHarvest launched Gut Bites, an oven-baked dog treat containing MicroHarvest's microbial protein。
Why it matters: A finished consumer product using microbial protein reaches UK shelves, extending the ingredient's pet food footprint beyond Germany.