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FMCG Gurus – Meat & Plant-Based Trends in USA – Country Report – 2025

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FMCG Gurus – Meat & Plant-Based Trends in USA – Country Report – 2025

 Geographies: North America, USA  Industries: Category Insight, Meat & Plant-Based Protein  Published Date: 2025

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FMCG Gurus – Meat & Plant-Based Trends in USA – Country Report – 2025

Report Description:

This report explores insights into consumer attitudes and behaviors towards meat and plant-based protein sources in USA. Findings include how consumer habits have changed, the kind of products that consumers choose and the types of claims and ingredients that consumers find appealing.

This report will look at the following areas:

  • The proportion of consumers following different plant-based diets or regularly eat or drink milk or dairy.
  • The proportion of consumers that eat or drink dairy alternative products or meat substitutes or replacements.
  • The dairy substitutes that consumers prefer to eat or drink at least weekly.
  • How important consumers feel protein is when buying dairy alternative products.
  • How satisfied consumers feel with current meat substitutes and the reasons that consumers give for feeling unsatisfied.
  • The factors that consumers find to be important when buying dairy alternative products.
  • The benefits that consumers want to obtain when eating meat substitutes.
  • The proportion of consumers who purchase plant-based food and drink that say they check labelling either most or all of the time and what they are looking for when checking the ingredients list.
  • The benefits that consumers associate with protein.
  • The proportion of consumers that feel they have enough protein in their diet and the proportion that would like to increase the amount of protein they have in their diet.
  • The proportion of consumers that find protein hybrid products appealing and the reasons for this.
  • How willing consumers feel towards trying cultured meat, milk and fish products.

FMCG Gurus – Meat & Plant-Based Trends in USA – Country Report – 2025

Report Description:

This report explores insights into consumer attitudes and behaviors towards meat and plant-based protein sources in USA. Findings include how consumer habits have changed, the kind of products that consumers choose and the types of claims and ingredients that consumers find appealing.

This report will look at the following areas:

  • The proportion of consumers following different plant-based diets or regularly eat or drink milk or dairy.
  • The proportion of consumers that eat or drink dairy alternative products or meat substitutes or replacements.
  • The dairy substitutes that consumers prefer to eat or drink at least weekly.
  • How important consumers feel protein is when buying dairy alternative products.
  • How satisfied consumers feel with current meat substitutes and the reasons that consumers give for feeling unsatisfied.
  • The factors that consumers find to be important when buying dairy alternative products.
  • The benefits that consumers want to obtain when eating meat substitutes.
  • The proportion of consumers who purchase plant-based food and drink that say they check labelling either most or all of the time and what they are looking for when checking the ingredients list.
  • The benefits that consumers associate with protein.
  • The proportion of consumers that feel they have enough protein in their diet and the proportion that would like to increase the amount of protein they have in their diet.
  • The proportion of consumers that find protein hybrid products appealing and the reasons for this.
  • How willing consumers feel towards trying cultured meat, milk and fish products.

How This Report Can Benefit the Industry:

  • Inspiring innovation: This report aims to help the industry by using consumer insights to suggest opportunities and innovation for the future.
  • Addressing challenges: Understanding the challenges that consumers feel they face when pursuing a healthy lifestyle and how brands can help consumers reach these goals.

Files included in this report:

  • FMCG-Gurus-Meat-and-Plant-Based-Trends-in-the-USA-Country-Report-2025.pdf
  • FMCG-Gurus-Meat-and-Plant-Based-Trends-in-the-USA-Country-Report-2025.pptx
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Report Agenda and Insights available:

Alternatives
  • [MPP518] How would you describe your diet? Please select the answer that best fits - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2022, 2025
  • [MPP840] Have you given up eating meat in the last twelve months? - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2022, 2025
Dairy alternatives
  • [MPP953] Do you eat or drink dairy alternative products as a source of protein? Please select the answer that best fits - 2020, 2022, 2025
  • [MPP737] Do you eat meat substitutes/replacements? - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2022, 2025
Meat substitutes
  • [MPP484] How often do you eat/drink the following? - 2020, 2019, 2022, 2025
  • [MPP425] How important is protein content when buying dairy alternative products? - 2022, 2025
Motivations
  • [MPP379] How satisfied are you with the current meat substitutes available to you (either in the retail or foodservice channels)? - 2022, 2025
  • [MPP759] You state that you are not currently satisfied with the meat substitutes available to you? Why is this? Please select all that apply - 2022, 2025
Label checking
  • [MPP730] What factors are important when buying dairy alternative products? Please select all that apply - 2020, 2022, 2025
  • [MPP902] What benefits do you want to obtain when eating meat substitutes? Please select all that apply - 2022, 2025
Protein
  • [MPP557] What do you look for when checking the ingredient list? Please select all that apply - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2022, 2025
  • [MPP041] How often do you check the ingredients when purchasing plant-based food & drink? - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2022, 2025
Protein hybrids
  • [MPP223] What benefits do you associate with protein in general? Please select all that apply - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2022, 2025
  • [MPP772] Do you think you have enough protein in your daily diet? - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2022, 2025
  • [MPP740] Would you like to increase the amount of protein you have in your diet? - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2022, 2025
Cultivation
  • [MPP056] You state that you find protein hybrid products appealing. Why is this? Please select all that apply - 2025
  • [MPP121] Protein hybrid products are those in which part of the animal-based proteins found in meat products have been replaced by plant-based proteins. How appealing do these products sound? (i.e. products that are a combination of animal and plant-based protein) - 2025

Files included in this report:

  • FMCG-Gurus-Meat-and-Plant-Based-Trends-in-the-USA-Country-Report-2025.pdf
  • FMCG-Gurus-Meat-and-Plant-Based-Trends-in-the-USA-Country-Report-2025.pptx
  • If you are a user, click here to login and download the report.