# Chickpea-Based Egg Replacements The neat egg is an Egg Substitute Made from Chickpeas & Chia Seeds By Katherine Pendrill | Published 2019-09-17 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/neat-egg-1 References: [atlanticnaturalfoods](https://atlanticnaturalfoods.com/neat/) Plant-based meats are having a bit of a moment, but now consumers can make their home kitchen even more vegan-friendly with the debut of the new egg replacement 'neat egg.' neat egg is a non-GMO, [plant-based egg](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/just-egg-1) that's meant to serve as an alternative to chicken eggs in recipes that use egg as a binder. To prepare the vegan-friendly egg substitute, all you need to do is combine the neat egg formula with water and it's ready to be used in [cakes, brownies, and other baked goods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ingood-by-olga). And unlike similar eggs sustitues such as JUST egg, neat egg contains just two ingredients: [chickpeas and chia seeds](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/omami-chickpea-tofu). With a growing number of consumers exploring plant-based cooking and baking, products like neat egg provide an easy way to enjoy a more plant-based diet. Image Credit: *neat egg.* ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.6/10 - Popularity: 47% | Activity: 53% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Plant-based Cooking:** Opportunities abound for plant-based, healthy, and accessible cooking and baking alternatives. - **Egg Substitutes:** New egg substitutes made from sustainable ingredients will continue to emerge as more consumers cut back on animal byproducts. - **Clean Label Products:** Demand for clean label products is expanding beyond food and beverage and into other consumer goods categories such as beauty, personal care, and household products. ### Who This Affects Most - **Food Industry:** The food industry can leverage the plant-based trend and develop more egg substitutes to satisfy the growing demand of vegan and flexitarian consumers. - **Agriculture Industry:** The agriculture industry can take advantage of this opportunity to diversify their products and crops towards sustainable and plant-based ingredients. - **Consumer Goods Industry:** Consumer goods industry can create a new range of plant-based products such as beauty, personal care, and household products to cater to the growing demand for clean label, vegan and sustainable alternatives. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Single-Ingredient Egg Substitutes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/meala-foodtech-groundbaker.md) - [Mixable Egg Alternatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/plant-based-eggs.md) - [Plant-Powered Egg Replacers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rubi-whisk.md) - [Plant-Based Egg Alternatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-bridge-1.md) - [Plant-Based Japanese Eggs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ever-egg.md) - [Pourable Egg Alternatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pourable-egg-alternative.md) - [Plant-Based Liquid Eggs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/perfeggt.md) - [Pea Protein Egg Alternatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lasenor-emul.md) - [Legume-Laden Egg Substitutes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/egg-substitutes.md)