Accelerating the
protein transition
with taste.

NECTAR empowers stakeholders across the value chain with a robust evidence-base of sensory data.

Read our
APAC Sensory
Report 2025

The world’s largest public sensory
analysis of balanced proteins in Asia

Why NECTAR?

Taste is a primary purchase driver for most consumers. Taste is therefore necessary for plant-based foods to achieve mainstream adoption.

By conducting large-scale sensory panels of plant-based foods and operationalizing the resulting data in a diversity of pre-competitive ways, NECTAR hopes to accelerate the mainstream adoption of plant-based foods.

Why Now?

Reducing global meat consumption is essential to ensuring planetary and public health. Despite challenging cultural & media narratives currently surrounding plant-based meats, our research tells a more optimistic story about the category’s taste potential.

NECTAR leverages data to:

  • Inspire product innovators to continue reaching new heights

  • Identify clear calls to action for stakeholders across the sustainable protein value chain

  • Educate eaters about delicious products in distribution

With no time to waste, NECTAR aims to accelerate the protein
transition with taste.

As Seen In

Learn more about NECTAR.

  • Learn more about NECTAR’s vision & mission, and the pioneers bringing both to life.
    Our Mission & Vision
    Our Team

  • Explore our seminal sensory research and dive deep into category-level insights. Read here.

  • Connect with us & learn how you can join the movement to the accelerate protein transition with taste.
    Find out how.

Meet Our Team

  • Caroline Cotto

    Director, NECTAR

  • Max Elder

    Managing Director, FSI

  • David Meyer

    Advisor, NECTAR

  • Galina Hale

    Advisor, NECTAR