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Beyond Meat is the current market leader. Their burgers contain ingredients including pea and rice protein, potato starch, apple and pomegranate extract, vinegar and lemon juice. Daniel Acker / Bloomberg
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Former supermarket boss Mike Barker is now bringing his first plant-based range of burgers and bangers to the UAE. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Mike Barker's Plant-B range will land in Dubai next month - with a UAE production facility planned for meat alternatives likely to follow. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Plant-base sausages contain much less saturated fat than meat equivalents. Courtesy of Beyond Meat
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Plant-B products contain mushrooms and breadcrumbs, amonst other ingredients. EPA / Tytus Zmijewski
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Impossible Foods also make plant-based beef products. According to market researchers Euromonitor, the worldwide fake meat market is now worth an estimated $20.7 billion. REUTERS / Lam Yik
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Beyond Meat is the current market leader. Their burgers contain ingredients including pea and rice protein, potato starch, apple and pomegranate extract, vinegar and lemon juice. Daniel Acker / Bloomberg
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Former supermarket boss Mike Barker is now bringing his first plant-based range of burgers and bangers to the UAE. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Mike Barker's Plant-B range will land in Dubai next month - with a UAE production facility planned for meat alternatives likely to follow. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Plant-base sausages contain much less saturated fat than meat equivalents. Courtesy of Beyond Meat
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Plant-B products contain mushrooms and breadcrumbs, amonst other ingredients. EPA / Tytus Zmijewski
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Impossible Foods also make plant-based beef products. According to market researchers Euromonitor, the worldwide fake meat market is now worth an estimated $20.7 billion. REUTERS / Lam Yik
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Beyond Meat is the current market leader. Their burgers contain ingredients including pea and rice protein, potato starch, apple and pomegranate extract, vinegar and lemon juice. Daniel Acker / Bloomberg
British butcher in Dubai goes meat-free with first plant-based sausages
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