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Month: May 2020

DAIZ Inc
Interviews

Japan’s DAIZ Inc Speaks About Discovery of Potential in New Soybeans in Germination

May 30, 2020

As we reported this week, Japanese plant-based meat producer Daiz  secured Series A funding of ¥650 (about $6 million) from the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Growth and Industrialization Support Organization in Tokyo, and Mitsubishi UFJ […]

Apeel Sciences
Food & Beverage

Apeel Sciences Secures US$250m From Investors Including Katy Perry & Oprah Winfrey for its Mission to Cut Food Waste

May 30, 2020

Apeel Sciences has announced on its website that is has secured a US$250m investment led by led by Singapore‘s sovereign wealth fund, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), to continue in its mission in reducing […]

Food & Beverage

Naturli’ Launches New Frozen Products into the UK in Response to a “New Kind of Democracy”

May 29, 2020

A new line of 100% plant-based frozen food products from hugely popular Danish brand Naturli’ is now on sale in many UK locations due to customer demand. Henrik Lund, CEO at Naturli’ describes a new […]

KFC / Yum Holdings China
Food & Beverage

KFC Vegan Nuggets in China Sold Out Within an Hour

May 29, 2020

Following the news last month that KFC China was trialling vegan chicken nuggets, it has been reported that the outcome of the consumer trial couldn’t have been clearer in Shanghai: pre-sale coupons for the first […]

OmniPork Luncheon新餐肉
Companies & Portraits

OmniFoods Sees Retail Grocery Sales Increase by 120%, Continues its Plant-Based Domination of Asia

May 29, 2020

OmniPork’s retail grocery sales increased by 120% from April 2019 to January 2020, according to Food Navigator Asia. Last week saw the company’s rebrand to OmniFoods and launch of the world’s first plant-based luncheon meat […]

Lightlife Business Wire
Food & Beverage

Lightlife Says it has Conducted Most Comprehensive Survey in Plant-Based Protein, Announces Plan to Deliver Cleanest Ingredients in the Category

May 29, 2020

Lightlife, owned by Greenleaf Foods (the plant-based arm of meat manufacturer Maple Leaf), has made sweeping changes to its product portfolio following what it says was the most comprehensive survey in plant-based protein history, saying […]

just egg
Food & Beverage

JUST Has Sold the Equivalent of Over 40 Million Plant-Based Eggs, Plans Expansion into India

May 29, 2020

According to its Impact Report 2020, JUST has today announced it has sold the equivalent of more than 40 million eggs made entirely of plants. JUST also tells us of plans to secure a partner and […]

Sarah Augstine of Squeaky Bean
Interviews

Squeaky Bean: “This is Our Year to Make Squeaky Very Well-Known as a Leader in Plant-Based Foods”

May 28, 2020

Squeaky Bean is a producer of a range of vegan meats, creating delicious vegan lunchtime options for UK consumers. This rising brand also recently collaborated on a home delivery box service providing a range of […]

Woodruff, Sophie's Kitchen
Business Insiders

Dr. Miles Woodruff From Sophie’s Kitchen on the Incredible Rise of Plant-Based Seafood

May 28, 2020

Sophie’s Kitchen’s vegan seafood alternatives saw its sales increase 3X in 2019 and says its mission is to “rock the seafood category in the way that Beyond Meat rocked the burger industry.” As the pioneers […]

supermarket trolley
Food & Beverage

GFI Releases First-of-a-Kind Report Scoring Top US Retailers on Their Vegan Selections

May 28, 2020

The Good Food Institute has released a first-of-its-kind report evaluating the top 15 US retailers on their plant-based products. The results reveal conventional supermarkets to be superior in terms of offering the widest selection of […]

ADM Proteins Overview Burger
Food & Beverage

ADM Partners With World’s Largest Beef Patty Producer Marfig to Launch ‘PlantPlus Foods’ Brand to Service Burger King

May 28, 2020

Marfrig, one of the world’s leading beef producers and the world’s largest beef patty producer, together with Big Food giant Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) has announced a venture to launch a brand called PlantPlus […]

Diaz
Companies & Portraits

Japan: Daiz Secures ¥650M in Series A Round for Revolutionary Process Using Germinated Soybeans

May 28, 2020

Japanese plant-based meat producer Daiz has secured Series A funding to the tune of ¥650 million to upscale production and further R&D into its soy-based meat alternative. DAIZ utilizes a unique set of methods to […]

Gardein Burger, Conagra
Food & Beverage

Gardein Launches New Ultimate Plant-Based Burger With Amy Sedaris and Lance Bass

May 28, 2020

Gardein, a plant-based brand of Conagra Brands, Inc., will launch its new Ultimate Plant-Based Burger today May 28, in celebration of National Burger Day. Gardein is enlisting comedian Amy Sedaris, with entertainer and plant-based protein […]

Plantbased Business Hour

Ryan Bethencourt of Wild Earth Pet Food: Do You Know What is in Your Pet’s Food?

May 28, 2020

Ryan Bethencourt, Founder of Wild Earth Pet Foods and co-author of The Clean Pet Food Revolution: How Better Pet Food Will Change the World, joins Elysabeth Alfano on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss how the pet food […]

Scout Expo
Fairs & Events

New LA-Based Vegan Expo Announced, “It’s 100% About Boosting the Plant-Based Community up”

May 27, 2020

A new event founded by Lori and Jim Amos of PR agency Scout 22, called the Scout Plant-Based Expo and described as a “uniquely formatted plant-based expo”, has been announced for September 2021. The event […]

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