Better Foods launches You Are What You Eat brand

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Better Foods Debuts New Plant-Forward Brand “You Are What you Eat” at Expo West

Better Foods, a plant-based subsidiary of South Korea’s Shinsegae Foods that was first introduced in 2022 for the US market, spearheaded its US expansion with the launch of new brand “You Are What You Eat” at this week’s Expo West event. At the event, Better Foods unveiled the new brand which debuted with ten new alternative meat and plant-based meal replacement products for home consumers, which it says were “produced using newly developed technology”. Says the landing page for the new brand: “‘YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT‘ is Better Foods’ take on plant-forward. It’s all about bringing delicious, healthy food to the table while caring for our planet. Think of plant-forward as encompassing everything from the base materials to the final meal, a concept that’s …

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Better Foods Secures Funding from Former President & CEO of McDonald’s Don Thompson

Better Foods, a plant-based subsidiary of South Korea’s Shinsegae Food (KRX: 031440), an arm of retail giant Shinsegae, announces it has secured investment from Cleveland Avenue, a VC firm established and run by Don Thompson, former president & CEO of McDonald’s. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. South Korea’s plant-based market has been thriving over recent years and last October the country became the second national government after Denmark to enstate a national action plan for plant-based foods, thus emerging as the second country to actively participate in transforming the food system. On the flipside, in November, South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) published labeling guidance for plant-based products, prohibiting the use of animal food names such as “beef,” “pork,” …

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