Plant-forward food is likely to include many of the more sophisticated ingredients and technologies emerging and under development today. The new plant-based promise centers on products that are indistinguishable from animal-based products in terms of taste, texture and nutrition.

Key to fulfilling that guarantee is progress in the development of plant-origin fats. Food scientists are working on several solutions to improve them, including blending different plant-based fats together to achieve a desired texture, using new emulsion technologies and microstructuring to create fats with better functionality, and creating animal fat alternatives that are identical to animal fat on a molecular level.

Add in the new capabilities enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), and the landscape for meatless options is truly coming into modern focus. Hone your vision of it by downloading this free digital magazine.