The Canadian government has made alternative proteins central to its economic development plans to increase the value of key Canadian crops and serve growing markets for meat alternatives.
Photo credit: Konscious Foods
If California rolls made with surimi — highly processed, flavored fish that imitates crab — are perfectly fine with consumers, why wouldn’t sushi fans be just as enthusiastic about plant-based imitation fish?
Yves Potvin is about to find out, in one of the first full product rollouts stemming from Canada’s five-year-old structured pursuit of the alternative protein industry.
Whole Foods stores across the U.S. already stock Konscious Foods frozen sushi and poke…