“Are alternative proteins an effective intervention for animals?” by Samuel Mazzarella 🔸

Tl;dr Despite huge investment and continuing growth, alt proteins remain an uncertain cause area. A huge number of surveys and some data from the real world have failed to produce a consensus around the effectiveness of alternative proteins in replacing animal products; however, the preponderance of evidence supports the idea that alternative proteins have displaced animal products to some degree. There is debate around the importance of price parity between alt proteins and their animal-based counterparts; even more unknown is the potential result of alternative proteins becoming cheaper than animal-based foods. In general, plant-based foods appear to have more widespread appeal in the Global South. Directly supporting animal welfare interventions currently appears to be a better-evidenced way to reduce animal suffering than supporting alternative proteins. AI remains likely to disrupt the area significantly, potentially in the near future. What is this post? While there's been a huge amount written [...] ---Outline:(00:05) Tl;dr(01:13) What is this post?(02:13) Two Caveats(03:19) Definitions(04:24) State of the Industry(06:29) Appetite for Displacement(11:27) Markets and Economic Trends(13:26) What's an EA to do?(16:15) What does all of this tell us?--- First published: March 19th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/F2FbzKh2PLtkkJesE/are-alternative-proteins-an-effective-intervention-for --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.