Foi Green, Aberyne's plant-based foie gras made with cashews.

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Aberyne Announces Expansion in Europe and USA to Offer the “Best Plant-Based Foie Gras” Before Christmas

Foi Green, Aberyne‘s plant-based foie gras made with cashews, acclaimed by the three Michelin star chef Albert Adrià, will arrive at vegan and gourmet shops in Spain, the UK, and Switzerland, just in time for Christmas, Mikel Abeberry, the founder of Aberyne tells vegconomist.  Additionally, he shared that Aberyne will launch Foi Green in gourmet shops in the USA before the holidays; the company signed an agreement with a nationwide US distributor, marking the company’s first overseas expansion. Moreover, Aberyne has launched a Kickstarter campaign to establish a commercial office and get a foothold in the US, one of the most dynamic plant-based food markets, Abeberry said.  Foie gras, a staple of haute cuisine traditionally eaten at Christmas, is no longer a seasonal delicacy, with more consumers using …

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Foie Green. Image courtesy of Ficoba

Investments & Finance

Tech Transfer Agrifood Investment to Bring Aberyne Vegan Foie Gras to Spain

Tech Transfer Agrifood, the Spanish VC fund, has become a shareholder in Aberyne, a French start-up making vegan foie gras. Through this investment, TTAF will help the company behind the popular Foie Green to expand to other countries, including Spain.  Aberyne, the Biarritz company founded by Mikel Abeberry in 2020, offers a gourmet product that has been gaining traction rapidly at foodie festivals in France and Spain. Foie Green is a 100% vegetable alternative to foie gras based on cashew nuts.  Valencia-based Tech Transfer Agrifood is a finance platform for high-impact solutions in the food sector and claims to be the first venture capital fund in Spain aimed at meeting the demands and new needs of the industry.  “With this collaboration we not only obtain …

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Foie Green. Image courtesy of Ficoba

Politics & Law

UK Government Reaches Out to Plant-Based Innovators to Replace Foie Gras Forever

Following the historic decision from MPs to ban trade in foie gras, the UK government has called on vegan restaurateurs to advise on plant-based alternatives to the cruel practice. As first reported by The Guardian, the government is aiming to prove that gap in the markets left by restrictions on controversial products like foie gras can be filled by plant-based innovation.  As the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs works out legislation to ban the sale and import of foie gras – produced by force-feeding fat to caged ducks and geese by pipes down their throats multiple times a day – alt meat innovators are already ahead of the curve with an array of so-called “faux gras” products.  ProVeg incubator alumni Aberyne produces …

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Foie Green. Image courtesy of Ficoba

Food & Beverage

The Story of ‘Fois Green’, the Trend-Setting Vegan Foie Gras

Born in the south-west of France, Aberyne aims to revisit a local product that is emblematic of French gastronomy. The Biarritz-based company is part of a new line of meat alternatives, offering the best of plant-based products. Born into a family of restaurateurs in the south-west of France, Mikel, an entrepreneur at heart, has always had a passion for cooking. He discovered the possibilities of vegetable cooking thanks to his father. After a serious heart problem, his doctor banned him from eating meat products; his son then set about looking for vegetable alternatives to foie gras, but the substitutes did not satisfy his keen palate. With his 10 years of experience in the kitchen, Mikel decided to create a replica foie gras using only vegetable …

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