PBFIA's goal is to help India's plant-based food ecosystem thrive.

Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, recently met with a team from the newly founded Plant-Based Foods Industry Association (PBFIA).

 
The group briefed the minister on the situation of India's embryonic but quickly increasing plant-based food business, led by the Association's Executive Director, Sanjay Sethi. Sethi solicited Patel's advice and support to help develop the sector into a major industry catering to both domestic and worldwide markets through legislative improvements, capacity building, facilitating ease of doing business, and other interventions. In 2025, the global market for plant-based foods is estimated to reach 77.8 billion USD.
 
The expansion of the Plant-Based Foods business presents a significant opportunity to address climate change, food insecurity and malnutrition, public health risk (including pandemics and antimicrobial resistance), and to assist India in meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The PBFIA delegation led by Sethi comprised Varun Deshpande, MD, Good Food Institute India; Kartik Dixit, Founder, Evo Foods, Mumbai; Prateek Ghai, Founder, B Veg Foods, New Delhi; Pradeep Rao, Founder, Evolved Foods, Bengaluru; Amit Bajaj, Founder, Vezley Foods; Palak Mehta, CEO, Vegan First Media, Pune; Gaurav Sharma, Founder, Greenest; Priti Singh, White Cub, Gurugram; Prakarshi Pulkit of Dharmic Foods; Narhari Gupta of Snill Burger, and Satvika Mahajan, Good Food Institute India.
 
"The discussion was extremely cordial and encouraging, and I am glad for Patel's willingness to support us and help us develop immensely." "There was incredible enthusiasm in the room, with the minister and his team applauding the innovative and excellent plant-based food samples that we had brought along," PBFIA's Executive Director, Sanjay Sethi, remarked after the meeting. 'We, for one, commit to do everything in our power to help the plant-based foods ecosystem develop, prosper, and bloom."
 
Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, has requested a special meeting with PBFIA to address Cold Chain logistics and what can be done to improve daily parcel operations between major cities for the business. Patel is eager to work with Gaurav Sishodia, AVP, Invest India, who was also present at the conference, on PBFIA's many initiatives.

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