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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?
Put down that beet-juice burger. The next big wave in plant-based protein is fake fish. Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. Large companies including Bumble Bee, Nestlé, Tyson, General Mills and Thai Union are making various plays, whether by investing in upstarts or flexing their research and development muscles to formulate new products. The startup space is buoyant with cash and targeting a blend of retail, direct-to-consumer and food service channels, playing with ingredients such...
The Better Meat Co. Announces Completion of Fermentation Plant to Produce Mycoprotein Superfood
New sustainable protein ingredient is minimally processed, can be used in ground and whole cut meat applications, and is cheaper than beef For immediate release: June 8, 2021 The Better Meat Co., a Sacramento-based sustainable food tech start-up founded in 2018, today announced that its fermentation plant that will produce Rhiza, the company’s new mycoprotein superfood ingredient, is now live. The facility, located in West Sacramento, will initially employ 16 people and produce thousands of pounds of finished product per month. While the plant’s primary purpose is to serve as an R&D corporate headquarters, the business-to-business ingredients company will offer...
Founder Spotlight: Monica Talbert (The Plant Based Seafood Co.)
Meet Monica Talbert Company:The Plant Based Seafood Co. We create healthy and delicious seafood alternatives so close to the real thing they will blow your mind! We're on mission to offer the ocean some well deserved relief to ensure we leave it more vibrant than how we found it! Startup Stage:Seed When did you launch the business and where?August 2020, Gwynn, VA, USA What led you to where you are today? Growing up in the seafood industry, I've seen a lot of unacceptable practices go on around me. These practices not only devastate our oceans and ecosystems but in some...
Ten Women Saving the Ocean: CEOs and Founders in Alt Seafood
By 2048, we may face fishless oceans, if commercial fishing practices continue. While the stories of the destructive practices of commercial fishing have been shared over the years, the 2021 release of Seaspiracy on Netflix is sure to be a turning point in changing the future of seafood. WHO ARE THE WOMEN CHANGING THE FUTURE OF THE OCEAN? Women around the world are creating mission-driven companies at record rates. These ten women have been working tirelessly to create a new future for our oceans through alt seafood. Using a combination of plant-based, cell-based, mycellium, fermentation, and other leading technologies,...