Eco-anxiety is a very real thing. In fact, we recently rounded up some of the best books to arm you with all the knowledge you need about climate change and the environment.

Small but significant steps to help save our environment are being made - a growing vegan industry, the plastic straw ban and a rising awareness of fast fashion - but we all know that much more needs to be done. A new report shows how our eco-anxiety and animal welfare awareness could impact the foods we eat in the future, in order to try and save the planet.

According to the Sainsbury’s Future of Foods report, it’s likely that a quarter of all British people will be vegetarian in 2025 (up from one in eight Britons today) and half of us could identify as flexitarians (up from a fifth today). The “alternative proteins” market is set to soar by as much as 25% with algae milk predicted to be the next plant-milk to take over from the popular nut-based versions.

This is how eco-anxiety will affect the future of our foods