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title: "Meat Alternatives are Front and Center at This Year's NRA Show"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/a8115400-fc29-4460-b39d-1c5e3b3c244b
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/meat-alternatives-are-front-and-center-at-this-years-nra-show-2710010
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2019-05-20T22:17:45.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:34:54.701Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/dfa434165fdb7f3c0bcaa1c4a82f23761512.jpg
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# Meat Alternatives are Front and Center at This Year's NRA Show

**TL;DR:** The 2019 National Restaurant Association Show featured a growing number of plant-based food options, including meat alternatives from brands like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods. The show highlighted various new products, such as a tuna alternative and a dairy-free egg substitute.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-05-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/meat-alternatives-are-front-and-center-at-this-years-nra-show-2710010).*

## Story

While it’s no surprise that the floor of the 2019 National Restaurant Association Show mirrored the restaurant industry trends brought forth by the news in recent months, the extent to which the plant-based craze has taken hold was more evident than ever before when under one roof.

Restaurant Business cataloged the growing number of plant-based food options on display that are newly available or expected to hit the market in the coming months. Outside of just Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, the show brought varied meat alternatives to the forefront: including brands like Ocean Hugger Food s, which makes a tuna alternative for use in sushi; Nature’s Farm , which debuted banana blossom as a vegan alternative to fish; and Just Inc.’s dairy-free egg substitute.

Maddie has spent her career in the media industry, serving in various editorial roles before migrating into a hybrid content strategy and PR role with No Limit Agency. Her passion for storytelling and love of writing help her create meaningful content on behalf of her clients and fulfill No Limit Agency’s mission to tell people-driven stories. Maddie is a graduate of Saint Louis University, where she studied Communications with a focus in journalism and media studies as well as Sports Business.

In her spare time, Maddie can be found exploring Chicago’s food scene, watching an NBA game or lamenting over her middling fantasy baseball team.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- National Restaurant Association (company)
- Beyond Meat (company)
- Impossible Foods (company)
- meat alternatives (topic)
- plant-based food (topic)
- nra show (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/meat-alternatives-are-front-and-center-at-this-years-nra-show-2710010). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a8115400-fc29-4460-b39d-1c5e3b3c244b).