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PBFA: A Guide to Plant-Based Alternatives
PBFA: A Guide to Plant-Based Alternatives

Are you interested in including more plant-based alternatives in your food service kitchen or retail store? New to plant-based eating and want to know your options, what they are, and how to use them? Now, the Plant Based Foods Association has you covered; we compiled a comprehensive guide to the... Continue Reading

Date posted08/1/2020


Georgia Adopts Common Sense Amendments to Meat Labeling Law
Georgia Adopts Common Sense Amendments to Meat Labeling Law

Plant Based Foods Association provides language to avoid legal challenge Status (4/13/21): A win! PBFA-recommended amendments to Georgia’s SB 211 have been adopted to encourage plant-based innovation. Washington, D.C. – The Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA), the trade... Continue Reading

Date posted07/24/2020


PBFA Urges the FDA to Adopt Labeling Standards that Encourage Innovation
PBFA Urges the FDA to Adopt Labeling Standards that Encourage Innovation

Status (4/13/21): On 03/14/2019, the bill was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Senate. Unfortunately, the bill failed to pass and progress on it has since stalled. Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reopened... Continue Reading

Date posted07/1/2020


PBFA Retail Sales Data Showing Performance of Plant-Based Foods During Pandemic Makes Headlines
PBFA Retail Sales Data Showing Performance of Plant-Based Foods During Pandemic Makes Headlines

PBFA recently released new data in collaboration with SPINS®, the leading provider of wellness-focused data and market analytics. The data illustrates that U.S. retail sales of plant-based foods have considerably outpaced total food sales during the pandemic, demonstrating that more consumers... Continue Reading

Date posted06/3/2020


New Data Shows Plant-Based Food Outpacing Total Food Sales During COVID-19
New Data Shows Plant-Based Food Outpacing Total Food Sales During COVID-19

San Francisco, May 26, 2020 – New data released today by the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) and SPINS®, the leading provider of wellness-focused data and market analytics, shows U.S. retail sales of plant-based foods have considerably outpaced total food sales during the pandemic,... Continue Reading

Date posted05/26/2020


Plant Based Foods Association Threatens Legal Action to Challenge Oklahoma Meat Labeling Law
Plant Based Foods Association Threatens Legal Action to Challenge Oklahoma Meat Labeling Law

Status (4/13/21): PBFA founding member Upton’s Naturals joined forces with the Institute for Justice to file a federal lawsuit challenging a new OK food labeling law as a violation of the First Amendment. Unfortunately, a federal judge denied them, forcing plant-based companies that want to... Continue Reading

Date posted05/21/2020


PBFA Calls on Oklahoma Governor to Veto Unnecessary Meat Labeling Bill
PBFA Calls on Oklahoma Governor to Veto Unnecessary Meat Labeling Bill

Status (4/13/21): PBFA founding member Upton’s Naturals joined forces with the Institute for Justice to file a federal lawsuit challenging a new OK food labeling law as a violation of the First Amendment. Unfortunately, a federal judge denied them, forcing plant-based companies that want to... Continue Reading

Date posted05/15/2020


U.S. Plant-Based Retail Market Worth $5 Billion, Growing at 5X Total Food Sales
U.S. Plant-Based Retail Market Worth $5 Billion, Growing at 5X Total Food Sales

Washington DC – New data released today by the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) and The Good Food Institute (GFI) shows U.S. retail sales of plant-based foods have grown 11.4 percent in the past year, bringing the total plant-based market value to $5 billion. The total U.S. retail food... Continue Reading

Date posted03/3/2020


Q&A with PBFA: Opportunities for Plant-Based Foods in Retail with Julie Emmett
Q&A with PBFA: Opportunities for Plant-Based Foods in Retail with Julie Emmett

PBFA’s Senior Director of Retail Partnerships Julie Emmett is in high demand. Her focus at PBFA is helping retailers with best practices for education and merchandising strategies to expand plant-based foods in their stores. We have expanded our work with retailers exponentially in the past... Continue Reading

Postedby Kate Good
Date posted02/3/2020