Food trends and consumer choices
An opinion piece explores the contrast between organic food demand, meat substitutes, and how rising costs may shift consumer priorities.
October 21, 2025
key points from this story:
- Compares organic and meat substitute trends
- Notes both rely on niche markets
- Questions overlap of organic and synthetic foods
- Highlights food cost pressures on consumers
- Suggests spending shifts toward affordability
- Predicts decline in niche food purchases
There are two trends among consumers which seem, at least on the surface to be near opposites, organic food demand, and meat replacements. Now in no way am I a chemistry expert, but I do understand that getting plant protein to taste like and even look like the meat it replaces, it takes a mix of things which will typically include a few unpronounceable chemicals. That does not mean the products are not good to eat for those so inclined as there are rules and regulations regarding food production designed to keep us all as safe as current science allows.
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