By Barbara Goldberg and Richa Naidu
By Barbara Goldberg and Richa Naidu
Nov 25 (Reuters) – When American vegetarians, pescetarians and flexitarians sit down on the Thanksgiving desk this week, there’s one factor many agree they’d be pleased about: a tasty, plant-based different to turkey.
Wildly in style for his or her style and texture, Unimaginable Burger, Past Burger and different plant-based alternate options have revolutionized the pretend meat market, and now account for about 5 % of U.S. meat purchases.
However relating to turkey, the normal star of Thanksgiving feasts, nothing has drummed up the identical stage of shopper pleasure and acceptance.
“I would like to see an Unimaginable turkey by subsequent Thanksgiving,” stated Cordia Popp, 42, a vegetarian and stay-at-home mom of two who lives in upstate New York. Probably the most authentic-tasting turkey different now in the marketplace, Popp stated, “does not have that shred like actual turkey has.”
Twenty-five years in the past Tofurky, a…