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The Plant-based seafood company’s new crab cakes available in new markets through new Sysco, U.S. Foods, Fancy Foods Inc. and Webstaurant.com

Looking for a delicious plant-based post-hike meal? Check out the Mind Blown Dusted Scallops from The Plant Based Co! We are in love! Before we get to the deliciousness, here's a bit about The Plant Based Co. Their story is pretty inspiring and one of the reasons we are so obsessed! They are a company we are proud to support. The female ran family company started 20 years ago on Gwynn's Island, VA, a tiny little island in the beautiful Chesapeake Bay, selling actual seafood products. After witnessing the "unacceptable and sometimes hidden practices in the seafood industry,” they decided to offer...

The Plant Based Seafood Company, a Gwynn’s Island, Virginia, U.S.A.-based seafood analog product venture, has launched the company's fourth Mind Blown plant-based seafood analog product. The Plant Based Seafood Company was founded in 2020 by the owners of the Van Cleve Seafood Co., and received funding from Hatch, a global fund dedicated to investing and accelerating sustainable innovations in the seafood industry, in 2020. It launched a plant-based fried oyster analog product in December 2021. In June 2022, the company launched its fourth seafood alternative product, plant-based crab cakes, now being sold at U.S. locations of Sprouts Farmers Markets. The cakes contain non-GMO plant-based protein, as well as konjac...

3 weeks into my time at FoodHack and last night I attended my first ever Meetup. I’ve heard so much about them, so it was time to see them IRL. In a room with 30 like-minded foodies we listened to the stories from Heura Foods, Plant Futures and Zebra, exchanged notes on what we’re all excited by next and even took part in a live cooking demo. I headed back home to Brighton, buzzing from the evening's conversations and with a full stomach from the plant-based tastings. This Week In FoodTech: Meati Foods' $150M Series C A €200 million carbon-neutral...