The company’s milestones:
2009: Beyond Meat, Inc, a Los Angeles–based producer of plant-based meat substitutes founded by Ethan Brown.
2012: The company’s first product launched was designed to emulate chicken and sold frozen. They were made from “soy powder, gluten-free flour, carrot fiber and other ingredients” which were mixed and fed into a food extrusion machine that cooks the mixture while forcing it through a specially designed mechanism that uses steam, pressure, and cold water to form the product’s chicken-like texture.
2013: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) named Beyond Meat as its Company of the Year for 2013.
2014: Beyond Meat developed its first plant-based beef product, Beyond Beef Crumbles, and has since expanded into plant-based pork.
2017: The company announced a vegan alternative to pork sausage called “Beyond Sausage”. The three varieties of “sausage” were called Bratwurst, Hot Italian, and Sweet Italian.
2018: Beyond Meat opened a 26,000 square feet (2,400 m ) R&D lab in El Segundo, California.
2019: “Beyond Meatballs”, a plant-based alternative to traditional meatballs, were first introduced at Subway through the Beyond Meatball Marinara sub.
2020: Beyond Meat launched an e-commerce site to sell products directly to consumers.
November 2020: Beyond Meat announced a collaboration with McDonald’s for development of the McPlant option, a plant-based patty and chicken substitute.
2021: In China, Beyond Meat operates an owned manufacturing plant in Jiaxing, Zhejiang. It is the company’s first “end-to-end manufacturing facility” outside of the United States.
2023: Beyond Meat achieved GOLD at the esteemed Casual Dining Innovation Challenge 2023, earning praise for the newly launched Beyond Steak® from judges as a “sustainable gamechanger” that offers high protein and low saturated fat benefits.
According to en.wikipedia.org; and populartimelines.com. Source of photos: internet
