is the second largest in Europe, just behind the German market, and the fifth largest in the world. Britain's market has a size of 675 million U.S. dollars. Next to the even larger
, milk substitutes are a well-established product category, with dedicated isles in most grocery stores. The desire to taste different products and the intention to have a varied diet are among the leading five
plant-based milk products in your diet. In contrast, sparing animals ill treatment during dairy production and human intolerance of regular dairy products are not among the leading five motivations.
A glass of fresh plant-based milk
Plant-based milk comes in a dazzling variety of products. In the United Kingdom, coconut, oat, and
almond milk are the most likely substitutes to be included in consumers’ diets. Women are even more likely to include these three types than men. On the flip side, male consumers are more likely to
incorporate plant-based milk from hemp or walnut into their diets. The
most well-known oat milk brand in the United Kingdom is Alpro, followed by Innocent. Overall consumption of plant-based milk in the United Kingdom has been growing and is forecast to continue to grow, as is per-capita consumption.
Beyond milk substitutes
However far other plant-based dairy substitutes have come, only comparatively small parts of the population have recently eaten items such as plant-based yogurt, cheese, or egg alternatives. About one consumer out of ten has eaten
plant-based eggs in the last three months.
Butter and
cheese substitutes got slightly more traction, with 13 percent of consumers each.
Plant-based yogurt had an even higher reach and was consumed by 16 percent in the last three months, still seven percent behind plant-based milk. The
regular consumption of replacement products for dairy is much lower than that of dairy products, which are regularly consumed by 66 percent of the population in the United Kingdom compared to 21 percent for plant-based dairy substitutes.
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