Exclusive: Beyond Meat eyes production in Asia before the end of 2020

Beyond Meat Inc (BYND.O) aims to start production in Asia before the end of next year, as it gets closer to selling its popular plant-based meat products in China.

While Beyond Meat sells its products in Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong, the company and rival Impossible Foods are racing to expand sales to China, a major untapped market for products like the Beyond Sausage and Impossible Burger that have been hugely successful in the United States.

As consumers grow more concerned about health and the environmental impact of industrial animal farming, the global plant-based market is expected to explode to an estimated $140 billion over the next decade.