Plant-based food options are all the rage. More people than ever before are choosing to go meat-free, whether for the health benefits, to reduce their environmental impact, or simply to try something new. Plants-based food sales are surging nationwide with cities like Chicago and Los Angeles at the vanguard with boundless opportunities for innovative and delicious plant-based food companies. And Amped Kitchens provides production space solutions in Chicago and Los Angeles to some of the country’s most popular plant-based products from top-selling meatless burgers, out of this world vegan Mexican, to the best tasting plant-based alt-dairy milks, cheeses, and ice-creams.
If you and your company are looking to enter and/or scale-up in the plant-based foods arena but are unsure how to do so efficiently, Amped Kitchens can help with our unique production facility solutions.
A Brief History of Plant-based Food Brands
While vegetarian diets have been around for thousands of years, the contemporary trend of plant-based food products began back in 1944 when the term “vegan” was originally coined by animal rights activist Donald Watson. The movement has subsequently evolved over the years to include people who work to eliminate all animal products from their diet to those who just want to reduce their meat consumption and supplement their diet with weekly plant-based alternatives.
Interest in plant-based foods began to grow in the ’60s and ‘70’s based in part on the seminal 1971 book, Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe that brought the conversation about the effects of our food choices to a mainstream audience. Moore Lappe showed how the inefficiency of our production with 77% of the world’s farmland dedicated to growing food for livestock that itself supplies just 17% of our daily nutrition).
Awareness of the inefficiency and the considerable health and environmental benefits of plant-based diets helped spark an emergent industry that now delivers an increasingly varied and delicious array of plant-based food products as alternatives to traditional animal-based diets.
The Industry’s Current and Future Growth
The Plant-based food industry is now booming. According to the Plant-Based Food Association (PBFA), the market surged in 2020, realizing a staggering 27% gain over the previous year with more than $7 billion dollars in sales in vegan and other plant-based products. And exponential growth has the trend over the last decade in which plant-based food brands have sometimes outpaced the growth of meat-based options by a large margin.
What does the future hold for plant-based food brands? According to one source, plant-based alternatives to meat are expected to top $24 billion worldwide by 2024 attracting attention from some of the world’s largest food companies like Hormel and Tyson Foods whose traditional focus was squarely on animal-based diets. Some project that the plant-based market will reach more than $85 billion by the end of the decade.
With meat-based consumption expected to continue declining in the coming years due to rising costs to consumers as well as sourcing and environmental challenges, plant-based food products are well placed to fill the void. If your brand is interested in opportunities in building or expanding your plant-based production, now is the moment to strike.
How Amped Kitchens Can Help You Build Your Brand
Given the rising consumer demand for vegan and vegetarian products, there has never been a better time to enter the plant-based food arena. But starting a new food brand or shifting gears into new plant-based lines can be a tricky thing. How can you easily into the plant-based space?
Amped Kitchens is here to help you build your plant-based brand to meet accelerating consumer demand and realize your vision for the future of food.
With locations in Los Angeles and Chicago Amped Kitchens provides long-term production space rentals that are perfectly suited for growing companies and growing brands in the plant-based space. All of our locations offer a wide range of rental units, from 120 square-foot economy kitchens to our sprawling 4,600 square-foot production spaces capable of supporting very large production runs. All of our kitchen rentals are equipped with high-capacity infrastructure including all the power, water, and gas your equipment requires supported by loading docks, large professional staff, and ample cold, dry, and frozen storage space.
Amped Kitchens’ houses a diverse community of food production companies including many plant-based food-maker where each tenant’s space is their own private kitchen. With an on-site logistics team for managing shipping and receiving, packaging rooms, and a gold standard health and safety protections, Amped Kitchens’ rental space support all sorts of food markers including:
Whether you are looking to test new recipes, develop new products, or scale your existing plant-based food operation, Amped Kitchens has a variety of great options for your company.
Don’t take our word for it though. Listen to what our tenants have to say about our service:
“Amped has been crucial in ensuring the efficiency of our supply chain. While this might sound obvious, what really made the difference for us was the sense of ownership and accountability that the Amped staff brought to ensuring that our orders were fulfilled to perfection… and they went the extra mile. What an amazing team.”
Why Choose Amped for your Plant-Based Food Production Kitchen?
The plant-based food market has grown at a record pace, and it shows no signs of slowing. By this time next year, there will be 12 million more consumers eating a plant-based diet. Now is the time to get moving!
No matter what stage of the game your company is in, Amped Kitchens can help get your plant-based food products to market in record time. We are ideally suited for companies that are looking for production space to grow and thrive amongst a community of innovative and thoughtful food makers building some of the most cutting-edge brands in the plant-based space. Our rental kitchens are available for long-term lease, easily adaptable to your company’s production methods, and empower your team to scale up with flexibility and speed. Our mix of amenities, storage, and infrastructure can help you break into the rapidly evolving plant-based food market easily and quickly.
Grow your plant-based food business faster with Amped Kitchens‘ commercial kitchen rentals. For more information on our rental services, please contact us today.
