Slow your alt-meat roll: Asia won't be easy

Plant-based protein companies are positively giddy about the prospect of Asian consumers picking up an alt-meat habit. Beyond Meat just days ago announced plans to build a major manufacturing facility near Shanghai, while Impossible Foods has begun selling its sausage in Hong Kong. 

“Unprecedented demand for Impossible Sausage is a clear signal to incumbent industry: Consumers are accelerating the shift to a plant-based food system,” said Dr. Patrick O.…