Modern Plant-Based Foods Inc. announced that it will be launching a plant-based seafood division, Modern Seafood. Modern Seafood will be focused on research & development, production and manufacturing of plant-based seafood alternatives. Specifically, the sub-division will seek out collaborations with existing seafood companies interested in the development of quality seafood alternatives. Modern Seafood's core products will include its award-winning 'crab cake' which has been the Company's number one seller since inception. The Modern 'crab cake' is available on retail shelves and foodservice establishments across the nation and is currently expanding into the United States and Australia. Modern Seafood's new plant-based Smoked Salmon will be free of gluten, soy, and GMOs. With a growing number of mainstream consumers adopting plant-based diets, grocery sales of plant-based products reached $7 billion and grew 27% over the past year, according to SPINS retail data, almost double the growth rate of overall foods sales in the U.S., with seafood alternatives also seeing significant growth. The European smoked salmon market amounted to over $4.2 billion at an annual growth of 2% as of 2018.