Plant-based alternatives' market share and taste-comparability: Mature enough to justify studying substitution patterns, price-responses, and welfare implications?

Published on May 26, 2026 12:51 PM GMTAI Disclosure: This post itself was written by me with minimal LLM use (grammar checks, etc.) The linked material (and text in the images pasted below) is an ongoing iterative collaboration between human and AI input and feedback, and contains >30% AI generated text.The Unjournal is considering "How much do plant-based products substitute for animal products and improve welfare?" as part of our Pivotal Questions project. We're also considering and outlining ...