In 2022, the retail sales of free from ready meals amounted to nearly 120 million U.S. dollars in Canada. Among those, approximately 19.1 million U.S. dollars were generated from meat free soy-based ready meals. Retail sales from soy-based products are forecast to grow to almost 32 million U.S. in 2026.
Retail sales of plant-based ready meals in Canada from 2021 to 2022 with a forecast for 2026, by category
(in million U.S. dollars)
*The source notes that "this category includes plant-based products that are positioned as a replacement of meat-based variants. It includes products where meat has been substituted by soy, tofu, quorn (mycoprotein), non-soybeans (that is, black bean burgers), wheat gluten, etc."
**Forecast
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Customized Report Services – Plant-based ready meals in Canada and in the United States, 2020 to 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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