Food Certification Trend – VEGAN

With the growing interest in food safety around the world, the demand for international standards related to food safety such as ISO 22000, HACCP, and FSSC 22000 is increasing.

In addition, starting with developed countries such as North America, Australia, and Europe, interest in animal welfare and health is affecting food consumption around the world, so domestic demand and market for vegan products and organic certification are gradually expanding, As the global market moves, the number of vegan certifications for domestically produced foods is also increasing.

** Products that have obtained vegan certification are affixed with the vegan mark, which is used to clearly inform consumers that food is vegan.

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In 2022, February, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) published the 2021 processed food segment market status_ In the vegan food market, animal welfare, As an issue of leather breeding method, interest in safe and healthy food/living and consumption activities based on ethical thinking and concern about environment and health due to COVID-19 surfaced of one's values and beliefs in consumption As a consumption trend such as “meaning out” is being formed, large corporations are gradually responding to the market, so the categories of vegan products are gradually becoming more complex, from vegan products centered on simple raw materials in the past to frozen cooked foods, sauces, seasonings, etc. It was analyzed that it is expanding to foods that contain various raw materials.

In Europe, interest in ‘sustainable’ food considering health, environment, and animal welfare is increasing, and consumption of alternative meat, vegan food, and organic food are showing steady growth. Europe was the largest market for meat substitutes, meat substitutes in 2016, accounting for 39% of global sales. Sales of food-based food and beverage products in Europe continue to increase from €2.4 billion in 2018 to €3.6 billion in 2020. 1)

In the United States, sales of vegan foods that directly replace milk, meat, and more grew 27% between 2020 and 2021. Growing interest in vegan products, with plant-based food retail market revenue growing from $5.5 billion in 2019 to $7 billion in 2021, with plant-based milk accounting for 15% of the total milk category and 35% of the total plant-based food market It is a trend. 2)

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