Alternative Protein Market Size

Alternative Protein Market size was over USD 18.58 billion in 2024 and is poised to reach USD 74.67 billion by the end of 2037, growing at around 11.2% CAGR during the forecast period i.e., between 2025-2037. In the year 2025, the industry size of alternative protein is assessed at USD 20.26 billion. The growth of the market can be attributed to the increasing number of vegans and vegetarians. Alternative proteins are the area from where vegan people can suffice the need for their protein diets. In the survey of around 12,000 people from the UK, USA, Canada, and New Zealand. Around 52% of people who turned vegan were vegetarians before and around 43% of people use to consume animals before turning vegan.

In addition to these, factors that are believed to fuel the market growth of alternative protein include the rise in the number of livestock which is expected to increase the demand for animal feed. The most significant and preferred source of high-quality vegetable protein for the production of animal feed continues to be soybean. According to reported data, the number of livestock in the EU is significant, in December 2021, there were 142 million pigs, 76 million cattle, 60 million sheep, and 11 million goats. In addition to this, the overall population of livestock in India is 514.11 million in rural areas and 22.65 million in urban areas.