Transforming the Filipino food system for the benefit of all.
Scaling animal-based protein supply is increasingly becoming unsustainable and inefficient in the Philippines.
In 2020, 30% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the agriculture sector in the Philippines came from livestock production.
Animal products have the largest water footprints among Philippine agricultural products.
It takes 9 calories of feed to produce 1 calorie of meat from chicken, the most efficient farmed animal.
The Philippines needs to find sustainable protein solutions due to a projected increase in protein demand brought by population growth and a growing middle class.
By 2055, the Philippines will have almost 140 million in population.
The middle class in the Philippines expanded from 28.5% of the population in 1991 to 39.8% in 2021.
Meat consumption tends to increase with income.
At Paro Institute, we define alternative proteins as protein-rich foods from non-animal sources.
Alternative protein sources can fall into one or more categories, sometimes blending different ingredients.
For example, a sizzling sisig product might combine mycoprotein, mung bean flour, and cultivated fish fat.
Whole food, plant proteins, like legumes, are also considered alternative proteins, offering a better alternative to animal-derived proteins.
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The Solution
Alternative proteins offer an efficient, sustainable, scalable solution to feed Filipinos now and in the future, in a way that benefits all.
