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2019 is the year veganism went mainstream. Interest in a way of life in which people eschew not just meat and leather, but all animal products including eggs, wool and silk, is soaring, especially among millennials. Fully a quarter of 25- to 34-year-old Americans say they are vegans or vegetarians.
Beyond Meat is the 1st plant-based food company
to go public on a major exchange.
Going public enabled to further invest in R&D and manufacturing,
allowing to bring plant-based meat
to more communities and countries around the world.
Beyond Meat is a Los Angeles-based producer of
plant-based meat substitutes founded in 2009 by Ethan Brown.
At the Nasdaq Market site in New York, since May 2, 2019.
. That day, Beyond Meat's IPO debuted,
and closed 163 percent above its opening price.
The company's initial products became available across the United States in 2012.
The company has products designed to simulate
chicken, beef, and pork sausage.
the future for Beyond Meat looks bright after some struggles.
Through success and struggles,
a few known investors made the start possible.
Bill Gates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Don Thompson.
the consumer has been there, offering feedback, love and inspiration.
Today, together, breaking new ground. #GoBeyond
What was once a fringe minority has now become the diet of choice for many Europeans,
with ever more people refraining from eating meat by adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet
(between 2 and 10 percent of the overall population according to the Meat Atlas,
though the European Vegetarian Union estimates it at about 6