date:Jul 29, 2020
names based on variations of Beyond Butter, Beyond Cheese and Beyond Mince.
The rapid expansion of the vegan food category is also spurring MA activity in the sector with Upfield, the owner of Flora, acquiring the vegan cheese producer Violife for a reported 500 million.
There were 600,000 vegans in the UK last year, up from just 140,000 in 2014, with vegan food being one of the fastest growing food categories.
Sales of meat free products rose by 40% to 816 million last year and one in four n