Growing interest in plant-based diets helped the market for ‘imitation meat’ grow by 23% between 2017 and 2018, yet there’s still confusion over what’s in these products. With the majority of Americans finding product labels confusing, how are brands making alternative meats easier to digest?

Burger King is introducing a plant-based version of its famous Whopper. The burger, which 'bleeds' and supposedly tastes just like beef, is not just intended to appeal to vegans, but to all fast food enthusiasts, helping to make plant-based diets more accessible and mainstream.

Just off Melbourne’s über-cool Brunswick Street, hipsters are queuing outside cult café Smith & Deli. But while the menu might be based on New York-style cuisine – pastrami sandwiches and home-cooked lasagne – here, things are a little different. Everything sold at Smith & Deli is 100% vegan.

Seitan and Fabanaise – that’s ‘wheat meat’ and mayonnaise made with chickpea water – might not have reached the shelves of the average Tesco yet, but veganism is infiltrating the mainstream. How can companies step up to meet the needs of more than half a million Brits who are vegan?