In 2024, Germany produced 126,500 tons of vegetarian and vegan meat substitute products, marking a 4.0% increase compared to 121,600 tons in 2023, according to data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This production volume corresponds to an average of approximately 1.5 kilograms of meat substitute products per capita for the year.
The monetary value of meat substitute production increased by 10.9%, reaching 647.1 million euros in 2024, up from 583.2 million euros in 2023. Over the past five years, the volume of these products more than doubled, increasing by 109.5% from 60,400 tons in 2019. In monetary terms, meat substitute products rose from under 0.3 billion euros in 2019 to nearly 0.65 billion euros in 2024.
Traditional meat production still dominates market
Despite this growth, the scale of traditional meat production remains substantially larger. When compared by value, meat production in 2024 was nearly 70 times greater than that of meat substitute products. This ratio has narrowed significantly over the past five years; in 2019, meat production value was approximately 150 times higher than that of meat substitutes.
