Meatball revolution at sea: 35 tons less meat on Stena Line ships in 2025
By replacing half of the meat in their meatballs with yellow pea mince, Stena Line aims to reduce meat consumption by 35,000 kilos next year. “Taste and quality-wise, it is exactly as good a product as before. But it makes a difference from a sustainability perspective,” says Jakob Lells, Group Executive Chef at Stena Line. A huge change that will hopefully go unnoticed. That’s one way of describing Stena Line’s initiative on 50/50 meatballs, where half of the meat in the popular dish meatballs with mashed potatoes will be replaced next year with a plant-based mince made from