{"id":1304,"date":"2021-11-29T14:21:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brizo.staging.siteservice.net\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2024-02-14T11:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T11:41:01","slug":"plant-based-heating-up-on-menus-in-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brizodata.com\/en\/plant-based-heating-up-on-menus-in-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Based Menu Trend On The Rise in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last few years, plant-based diets have been on the rise. In a recent study<\/a> conducted by market research firm Mintel, it was found that in North America alone, there has been an increase of over 100% in people choosing to consume more plant-based foods.<\/p>\n

As of November 20th, the term \u201cplant-based\u2019 was found on 16,490 menus in North America. While many menus may have \u201cplant based” items offered and not defined as \u201cplant based\u201d on menus, the growth in the term \u201cplant based\u201d in restaurants in North America shows no slowing down.<\/p>\n

Toronto, Los Angeles and New York metro areas led the charge as the three markets had the most numerous mentions of \u201cplant based\u201d available on menus, according to data collected by Brizo FoodMetrics.<\/p>\n

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With this new trend taking hold across various food segments, restaurants and other foodservice providers are scrambling to keep up with demanding consumers who want more meatless options on their menus. An increasing number of restaurants are catering to the growing number of vegans, vegetarians and \u201cflexitarians.\u201d A report release in August by\u00a0Bloomberg Intelligence<\/a>\u00a0suggests that global retails sales of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives may reach $126 billion by 2030, up from $29.4 billion in 2020.<\/p>\n

The growth in \u201cplant based\u201d appearing on menus in the U.S. and Canada is not only driven by small vegetarian or vegan restaurants, chain restaurants are on board the plant train.<\/p>\n

A&W Canada, Carl\u2019s Junior, Del Taco, Mod Pizza and KFC are the top chains offering \u201cplant based\u201d on menus. Within chain restaurants, the recent lift has been largely driven by plant based meats Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods.<\/p>\n

Of the 16,490 restaurants that had \u201cplant based\u201d on menus, 10,452 were on chain location menus (five or more establishments) with independent locations making up 6,038.<\/p>\n

???? For the list of restaurants in Chicago with \u201cplant based\u201d items on their menus, please click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

Brizo FoodMetrics tracks every menu item on more than 600,000 menus in North America and found the following menu trends related to plant based:<\/b><\/p>\n