Chinese companies bet on plant-based meat as coronavirus fuels healthy eating pattern

BEIJING (Reuters) – A small but growing coterie of Chinese companies are banking on an intense future for plant-based meat products as customers take their health more seriously in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Though still a niche organization compared to China’s giant meat supply chain, vegetarian alternatives to meat are picking up speed following health scares like the novel coronavirius and African swine fever, analysts and market experts said.U.S.-based Beyond Meat Inc BYND.O said last week it had actually signed an offer to open a production facility near Shanghai and previously this year launched a collaboration with Starbucks Corp SBUX.O for its plant-based meat products to be offered by the coffee shop giant in China.Beijing-based startup Zhenmeat, whose products consist of plant-based m
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