Who are the leading plant-based meat companies?

Beyond Meat (United States), Impossible Foods (United States), Maple Leaf Foods (Greenleaf Foods: Lightlife, Field Roast, Yves) (Canada), Tofurky (Turtle Island Foods) (United States), Eat Just (Just Egg, GOOD Meat) (United States).

Which plant-based meat companies are publicly traded?

Beyond Meat (BYND), Maple Leaf Foods (Greenleaf Foods: Lightlife, Field Roast, Yves) (MFI.TO).

Which Canadian companies are in plant-based meat?

Maple Leaf Foods (Greenleaf Foods: Lightlife, Field Roast, Yves), Mississauga.

Plant-based meat

Burgers, sausages, chicken and deli substitutes made from pea, soy or wheat protein (Beyond, Impossible, Lightlife, Field Roast, Tofurky)

5 leading companies in plant-based meat, one segment of alternative protein — Plant-based, fermented and cultivated meat and dairy: a $28.9B global retail market, now shrinking in the US

new market segment · researched 2026-11-14

Plant-based meatPlant-based milk, cheese & eggs Cultivated (lab-grown) meat

Leading plant-based meat companies

5 companies, with the scale each source states. Scale is the whole company's unless the row says otherwise.

Company	Where	What they do	Scale
Beyond Meat BYND ↗	El Segundo, United States since 2009	Plant-based burgers, sausages and chicken made from pea protein, sold in retail and foodservice	revenue: 275.5 USD millions (FY2025; FY2024 was $326.5M) (2025) ↗
Impossible Foods ↗	Redwood City, United States since 2011	Plant-based meat substitutes, including the Impossible Burger	—
Maple Leaf Foods (Greenleaf Foods: Lightlife, Field Roast, Yves) MFI.TO ↗	Mississauga, Canada since 1991	Canadian meat processor whose Greenleaf Foods unit makes Lightlife and Field Roast plant-based meats, mostly sold in the US; it planned to relaunch Yves Veggie Cuisine in Canada on July 1, 2026	—
Tofurky (Turtle Island Foods) ↗	Hood River, United States	Wheat- and tofu-based roasts, deli slices and sausages; bought by Morinaga in 2023	—
Eat Just (Just Egg, GOOD Meat) ↗	Alameda, United States since 2011	Just Egg (mung-bean egg), Just Meat plant-based chicken (from 2025), and GOOD Meat cultivated chicken, the world's first to get regulatory approval (Singapore, 2020)	—

In Canada

2026Maple Leaf Foods said more than 95% of its Lightlife and Field Roast business is in the US. It announced it would relaunch the Yves Veggie Cuisine brand to Canadian consumers on July 1, 2026. ↗

The alternative protein market

The whole market this segment sits in.

global revenue (retail sales: plant-based meat, seafood, milk, yogurt, ice cream, cheese) · world28.9

USD billions · 2025

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Quick answers

What is plant-based meat?: Burgers, sausages, chicken and deli substitutes made from pea, soy or wheat protein (Beyond, Impossible, Lightlife, Field Roast, Tofurky). It is one segment of the alternative protein market.
Who are the leading plant-based meat companies?: Beyond Meat (United States), Impossible Foods (United States), Maple Leaf Foods (Greenleaf Foods: Lightlife, Field Roast, Yves) (Canada), Tofurky (Turtle Island Foods) (United States), Eat Just (Just Egg, GOOD Meat) (United States).
Which plant-based meat companies are publicly traded?: Beyond Meat (BYND), Maple Leaf Foods (Greenleaf Foods: Lightlife, Field Roast, Yves) (MFI.TO).
Which Canadian companies are in plant-based meat?: Maple Leaf Foods (Greenleaf Foods: Lightlife, Field Roast, Yves), Mississauga.
How big is the alternative protein market?: For the whole alternative protein market, not this segment alone: global revenue (retail sales: plant-based meat, seafood, milk, yogurt, ice cream, cheese) (world) 28.9 USD billions, 2025 — The Good Food Institute.