Retailers told to stock more UK lamb amid vegan expansion
Farmers have challenged Tesco and Asda to boost the availability of British lamb amid plans for the retailers to expand their plant-based food offering.
The supermarket giants recently unveiled their intentions to substantially grow their ranges of plant-based foods.
Tesco announced plans to grow the sales of plant-based meat alternatives by 300% over the next five years.
Meanwhile, Asda has become the first UK supermarket to launch a vegan aisle – entirely dedicated to plant-based food.
But the National Sheep Association (NSA) criticised the retailers for dressing up ‘mass-produced, industrialised processed foods’ as sustainable food options.
The group questioned the retailers’ motives and disputed the sustainability claims being used in their reasoning.
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