UAE plant-based foods strike new ground with local production and voluntary halal certification
DUBAI - Businesses in the UAE’s food sector are finding lucrative opportunities in the rapidly growing plant-based market as more consumers choose to reduce their meat and dairy consumption.
“Vegan food products are seeing huge levels of growth. We put a particular focus into the plant-based range that we have within our frozen category because it’s a good way of bringing good quality, highly nutritious and good-value products from all over the world as well as locally produced options to our customers,” Tom Harvey, commercial manager at Spinneys Dubai told Salaam Gateway.
The UAE-based supermarket chain, which has 34 stores across the city, has seen its frozen plant-based category grow by 600% over the last year, up from 100% the previous year.
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