State of Alternative Protein Series 2024
Explore GFI’s comprehensive report series for insights into the rapidly evolving smart protein landscape.
About the reports
GFI’s flagship annual State of the Industry reports provide a global snapshot of the ever-evolving alternative protein industry. We synthesise company landscape and product trends, investment and sales data, new scientific advancements, and public funding and regulatory updates to highlight progress toward a world in which alternative proteins are no longer alternative.
Each comprehensive, open-access report offers a global look at each pillar of the alternative protein industry. Whether you’re new to the industry or you’ve been working in it for years, our reports will help you make sense of the fast-moving alternative protein industry and empower you with robust data to drive decision-making. Gain a deeper understanding of:
Commercial landscape
An overview of new ventures, partnerships, facilities, and marketplace trends.
Consumer insights
A synthesis of consumer research covering consumer motivators and barriers, go-to-market strategy, and nomenclature.
Investments
An analysis of private investment data, including investments by country and region, most active investors, and key funding rounds.
Government and regulation
An overview of global public funding for alternative proteins and regulatory updates.
Science and technology
A look at major scientific developments across every stage of the technology stack for each pillar of alternative proteins, plus insights into the environmental, societal, and nutritional benefits of alternative proteins.
Outlook
A look ahead to the likely drivers of and barriers to the growth of the alternative protein industry.
2024 State of Alternative Proteins
This report is new to our series this year. It serves as a global snapshot of the alternative protein ecosystem in 2024. In this report, we look across science, policy, and the private sector, zoom in to read between the lines, and share stories about the people and places advancing plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-enabled proteins. You’ll also find consumer insights, regional takes, and opportunities to dig deeper.
State of the Industry: Plant-based meat, seafood, eggs, dairy, and ingredients
This report highlights commercial landscape updates, retail and foodservice sales data, consumer insights, technical advancements, investments, and regulatory developments in the evolving plant-based foods industry.
State of the Industry: Fermentation for meat, seafood, eggs, dairy, and ingredients
This report covers developments in the commercial landscape, product trends, investment data, and regulatory developments for fermentation-enabled meat, seafood, eggs, and dairy.
State of the Industry: Cultivated meat, seafood, and ingredients
This report covers the commercial landscape, consumer insights, investments, regulatory developments, and scientific progress in the cultivated meat and seafood industry.
State of Global Policy Report
As policymakers recognise the power of alternative proteins to boost their economies, protect their environments, and ensure their food security, governments have adopted a range of policies affecting the field. This report tracks the investment, support, and regulation enacted across the globe.
