Alternative foods are now available in Korea. Shinsegae Food set up its first alternative food shop in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The store sells sliced hams and meatballs made of meat alternatives. OURHOME has also started offering plant-based menu options at its cafeterias.
There are two kinds of alternative foods ? meat alternatives and cultured meat. A meat alternative is a food product based on vegetarian ingredients, such as beans, wheat, and mung beans. Cultured meat is meat made by growing animal cells.