Finding satisfying plant-based replacements for dairy cheese often arises as one of the biggest stumbling blocks in the path to going vegan, and until recent years the vegan cheeese options often left consumers disappointed.
That’s changing as brands continue to improve existing products and develop new ones that come closer than ever before to replicating the flavor and mouthfeel of dairy cheese, and sales trends reflect those changes.
US sales of plant-based cheese rose 43% to $124 million in the year ending in June 2018, according to Nielsen and the Plant Based Foods Association. Globally, sales of vegan cheese are on track to rise 7.7% annually through 2023, according to a report from Research and Markets.
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